My Garden Diaries: south garden

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

side yard SOS...take 2!

Our side yard is coming along! I can't say that it is lush and green and looking like this yet.....

Source via-Roomzar

or like this...

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But some changes have been made to create a private garden room.

Some before shots...

And some progress...

fence and arbor installed

I planted a "silhouette" which is a tall narrow tree to screen our neighbor's upper windows.

Leveled the ground after removing our raised veggie box and started adding some stones for stepping.

I found a bunch of bricks that were buried so I started using them for edging along this bed where I moved a "Blushing Bride" hydrangea, a pot of Impatiens, and several Solomon Seal.

I have to take more photos of what I have accomplished in the area but one of the beans dropped mom's camera! Hence the pictures from my phone!!

until then....Happy Gardening!

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

side yard SOS

The kitchen table is where it happens. The stories, the laughter, and the memories. Which would explain my frustration with this.....

One of our main windows looks out on to our south facing side yard. We pretty much look at our neighbor's house. And yes that is our air conditioning unit too! As I have said before, when you live in the burbs you have to deal with the "suburban circumstances!"

The patch to the left is our neighbor's and we are to the right.

The jungle is part of our veggie crop. Tomatoes, peppers and carrots.

The idea is to create our own little secret garden that leads you to our garden gate. I would like to take advantage of this sunny spot for more flowers. And I have promised my 3 year old that our secret garden will have butterflies!

So with the three beans in tow today, we hit the nursery for some Captain Yews to act as a screening for the side yard. Might I add that loading 3 small children in a minivan with 3 medium sized trees and a stroller is just hilarious! I now know that I can do anything!

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I won't bore you with my list of to do's here, but much of the transplanting has already begun thanks to J taking the beans to the park so that I could get digging!

Some lovely inspiration to push me along and to remind me to be patient!