Yard and Garden picspam!

[dreamflower]

Here are some pics of my yard and garden this year!

	This year I can't believe how much our trees have grown since we planted them the summer after we moved in.
	My unicorn bed, and the new corner flower bed. I want to put a few more flowers in both beds. Note the stepping stones I painted.
	My painted stepping stones I'm hoping to replace the rocks with a border of scalloped concrete that I will also paint.
	Welcome I'm sure most of you recognize this!
	Front walkway My painted stepping stones on our path to the front porch. The path leads up to our steps, but most people use the ramp anyway.
	And this.
	A closer look. A little better shot of the last two.
	Pedo mellon a minno As you can see, I simplified the inscription. This is the one right by the steps.
	Our side yard The yellow roses are blooming, and the red ones on this side are beginning to.
	Roses This was the rosebush that got squished when they replaced our roof. It seems to be coming back nicely, and should be in full bloom in a day or two.
	Side yard on the west. Three broccoli, two cauliflower, two cabbages. I will probably also put in some of my cukes here.
	My cattle trough bed. Onions, broccoli, lettuce-- green and red. We've actually already had some of the lettuce in salads!
	My little greenhouse Yesterday, a few hours after I took this pic, the whole thing blew over, in spite of being attached to the porch rails with bungee cords! Fortunately most of my baby plants survived!
	More baby plants Some more of my little seedlings. Luckily this whole tray was intact after it blew over. I'm not sure why, but I'm glad it was OK.

Comments

[shirebound]

I love all your yard details, like those stepping stones and Elvishness. :)

[dreamflower]

I've wanted to do that for a long time. I just love the idea behind the Doors of Durin-- that all someone had to do was say "friend" to enter! I'm glad I finally got the chance!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

You have such a sweet house... and I love the Tolkien welcome!

It was sooo windy yesterday--I'm glad your seedlings survived.

[dreamflower]

Thank you!

Yes, where I used to live, wind like that had a NAME! *shakes head*

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Around here the only winds that have a name are the strong ones out of the north that we call a "blue norther". We don't really get "nor'easters" and we don't really have chinooks like the ones out west. We're definitely lacking in imaginative wind names!

[dreamflower]

Well, I was referring to the Gulf Coast, where I lived most of my life, and where the only times you saw wind like that it was either a tropical storm or a hurricane!

Around here it seems to be just normal. Hard to get used to!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see what you mean... yeah, we seem to have far too many windy days and windy storms to think up individual names, I guess!

[lily-the-hobbit.livejournal.com]

Your garden is absolutely stunning. I love the stones! So much love and detail.

[dreamflower]

Thank you! I really enjoy painting rocks and concrete!

[piplover.livejournal.com]

What a beautiful yard! I love your stepping stones, and the roses.

[dreamflower]

I want to paint some more flower stepping stones for the side yard on the west. And a scalloped border for the little flower bed.

This is the most blooms we've had at one time on the yellow roses! The red ones on the arbor, though, were so lush and plentiful the first year. I'll be glad when it gets back to how it used to be!

[surgicalsteel.livejournal.com]

What a gorgeous yard!

[dreamflower]

Thanks! We do work at it, but it's fun!

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

Realy nice! I envy it lots! I don't have a CLUE where to start with any of it! I'm so not a gardener. I need a Sam!

[dreamflower]

I bet you could! Just start with something simple.

A Sam would be very useful at times, though, I must confess.

[wizard42745.livejournal.com]

How beautiful! What a lovely touch with the stepping stones. Lovely job.

[dreamflower]

Thank you! I've been painting on rocks for a few years-- you can see some of those scattered about-- there are two in the unicorn bed. But I only just recently started painting on stepping stones!

[gamgeefest.livejournal.com]

Just lovely! I especially enjoyed the Moria walk path and the painted stepping stones.

[dreamflower]

Thanks! They were lots of fun to do!

[obeliamedusa.livejournal.com]

Such a pretty yard! I love the painted flower stepping stones especially. And the Elvish entry stones are so cool. What a clever and creative hobbit you are! :)

[dreamflower]

Thank you! I really enjoyed painting those-- I've wanted to use the Doors of Durin for a long time. The flowers were fairly easy, straight out of one of Lin Wellford's books.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

I love all the Elvish details.Thanks for sharing.

[dreamflower]

I'm glad you liked them! They were fun to figure out!

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

It's all so pretty. I adore it.

[dreamflower]

Thanks, dear!

[elandulin.livejournal.com]

Ah! A sunny garden! How pretty it is and I LOVE your Speak Friend and Enter entry!

Spring is very slow to come this year to the Northwest--just going out to clean up is an exercise in forbearance. Cold, perpetually damp and just enough breeze to drive it into your bones! We have blooming heathers and bulbs and rhododendrons, but the annuals and the window boxes are going to have to wait!

[dreamflower]

It's still rather cool here. But it's staying above freezing. It all seems rather late to me, after all my life in the Deep South. In MS, we'd have done all this back in early March or even late February! It's so hard to get used to a new climate.

[ansostuff.livejournal.com]

What a lovely and personalized garden you have! I love those stepping stones too. :) Here it's 0 C tonight so I've taken my planted summer bulbs inside in hope of them actually sprouting and becoming flowers one day. I still need to get some see-through plastic to cover them with in an attempt to make a little "greenhouse" for them, but I haven't figured out where to find that yet, lol. Not the sturdy kind anyway. :) In a couple of weeks it'll be time to plant summer flowers that don't have to be taken in at night (pre grown) here, but not yet. It's too cold.

[dreamflower]

Thank you! I hope it warms up enough for you to get your flowers out soon.

[lilybaggins.livejournal.com]

It's all so cute and hobbity! Love it.