Sunday, February 03, 2008

winter yard work

Well it was a BEAUTIFUL day out today, and as much as I wanted to sit inside, lay on the couch and watch movies, but nope - I got myself motivated and got to work outside.

I got a good start on some of the yard projects I want to accomplish this spring/summer. A few of the goals

1. tear down the sheds

2. put a veggie & herb garden in where the sheds currently are

3. clear out the back corner behind the sheds

4. put in a sitting garden with colorful and fragrant flowers and a bench. Then have solar lights or candle holders for that corner

5. kill off the ivy

6. put a new arbor up on the side of the house w/ a gate (to keep Sprout in the backyard!)

7. do a shade garden on the side - just to give it a nice border look.

So - I started on this list....sheds are still there, but I started pulling off all the ivy, and started to clear out the back corner of the yard.

The sheds that will be coming down in the next month or so. I just have to figure out how to safely do is as there is electricity running to one of them....last thing I need is to electricute myself or cause an electrical fire. Plus I want to see if anyone is interested in buying the scrap metal....we shall see.
The lilac bush...the one in the center will be moved, and the two bushes on the left are butterfly bushes. One was 6 or 7 feet tall and the other was about 5 feet tall. I cut them both back to about 2-3 feet so that way they will continue to be more bush like rather that tall tree like.
All the trash of the weeds that were so hidden they ended up developing thick stems, dead plants/bushes/trees that I could never get to ovet the summer, bags of leaves, and bags of all the ivy I pulled.

Wow! What a day! But now it's time to go....'cause it's FOOTBALL Time....GO PATRIOTS!!!!!

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