Ahhh... yes! I remember that photo! You inspired me with that photo! So pretty!
I would love to see more. I remember you had groups of flowering plants all over the place! It was marvelous! Please post a few more photos to make me sigh with delight! ;-)
Hardscaping is a lot of work. That that is already in place in your backyard. Though I know getting rid of weeds isn't an easy job. I have the same problem here with some of my garden beds. My mother came and stayed with us last year and passed away at our home with the help of Hospice, so I let my long back fence garden bed go unkempt. It is full of weeds, too. So I will be doing the same thing as you ... manual labor. No $$'s here either. I know what the CA and FL economy is right now! (sigh) But I have plans this year to do some serious clearing of the garden beds and planting tons of seeds! ;-)
