okay, I tried to get wider shots of my yardening area. What strikes me most is how much prettier my close-up shots are!
Here's the front of the house. It's the area where I have the least going on in terms of perennials. It's northern exposure--mostly some morning sun or dappled afternoon sun. You can see my pink Dogwood on the left, and some branches from the Redbud on the right. The Redbud in particular is difficult to grow anything under because of the extensive root system. I have annuals planted on the steps going up to the porch, and a mix of perennials and annuals by the front porch. There are a lot of mature azaleas left for me by the previous owner.
My backyard is where most of my gardening 'action' is. ;-) However, this 'action' (such as it is
) is spread out across different spots, so I tend to think of my yard as a set of clusters. The first cluster is an L-shaped bed that outlines part of my back patio. I call it my L-shaped bed (as you can tell, I've always been high on the creative-naming dimension-haha). It's hard to capture in a single photo because of its shape and size. Here's a photo looking on the long 'vertical' side towards the 90-degree angle where it meets the shorter 'horizontal' side.
The 'vertical' side faces towards the side of the yard where the bird feeder is
and the 'horizontal' side faces towards the back of the yard
Looking into the patio from the 'vertical' part of the L, you can see that there is an old firepit turned planter
and behind that is a good-sized square-shaped bed which I call my 'square bed'. Sorry, I keep laughing at myself for my lack of naming creativity!
So here is my pit/planter and 'square' area from different angles. My Harry Lauder tree is in the center of the square. It all looks like a jumble in these photos, but I like to think it looks pretty on the close-ups. ;-)
Then I have space by the back porch itself. There are 4 smallish, separate beds along there.
Then I have an open yard area with a birdfeeder and a new little garden patch I started this year.
I have the back of my yard which remains underutilized. The most interesting thing I have going there is my project to convert the old clothesline into a support structure for wisteria and other climbers. The left hand poles are now pretty well covered by my native wisteria. Still working on the right hand poles.
Finally, there is the shed, which is in the left back corner of the yard. Behind the shed is a difficult spot for me that I'm still working on.
okay, *whew* that's my tour. Hopefully you all will be able to see it someday in person!
