October Update December 17, 2007

Well, I have some catching up to do with the blog.  It’s December and I’m just now posting about October and November events.  First, I posted a couple of close ups of my roses that I took back in October (see previous two posts).  They are climbing roses that flow over our backyard fence with significant splendor.  They need [...]

Octoberfest October 3, 2007

I decided to start my landscape implementation with the deck. We love our deck. It is where we spend most of our time in the back yard, and it is where we will do most of our outdoors entertaining.
We bought mums and pansies along with a hay bale and a pumpkin for fall [...]

Garden Close Up – Camellia October 3, 2007

Garden Close Up – Lizard October 3, 2007

The Artist’s Canvas October 3, 2007

Here are some pictures of my back yard that I took back in June when we first moved in.

I made a rough sketch of the way I want my garden to be laid out. This first picture is of the (future) Entrance Garden. The back yard is wrapped around the house in a “U” [...]