Yard-gasm 2010
Are you ready to see the fruits of our hard labor throughout the month of May? Here’s a grand tour of our front and back yards just before our Memorial Day cookout. 
It rained overnight and blew some leaves and whatnot into the new mulch, but it still looked great and we’re really proud of what we’ve done with the joint.
Note the new table and chairs for the deck. We didn’t want a huge table to take up our limited deck space, so we opted for this small table that fits nicely with the built-in bench and came with great, swiveling/tilting chairs.
This is the view when you come out onto the deck and turn left. Note my thriving hen & chicks in the little tree bed, and Jim’s grill down on the patio! The towels are from storm clean-up before the cookout… it was soggy.
Patio view… the glider in the corner matches table and chairs on the deck. Door goes into the garage.
This is the view from the back of our yard, dogs and all. I can’t even tell you how much I still love that flowering dogwood growing out of our deck, even after the HUGE mess it made when the flowers fell off. Because of the trees, our back yard is mostly shade-central all day long, which is fantastic.
Walkway out to the side of the house. Dug up the stepping stones and replanted them after mulching.
This is the area that gets the most sun, so put the raised beds for veggies here. The bed on the left gets full sun, and the bed on the right gets half-to-3/4 sun. Leaving a lot of open space so that we have room for new ideas next year, etc. We did the walkway the night before.
The front of the house really just needed some weeding and mulching, and we’ve mostly left it alone. I love the Japanese maple and the thriving rose bush.
And finally, here’s a little taste of what we got grownin’ ’round these parts. Everything’s still alive so far, but we just planted it, so hopefully my pale green thumb will keep it all going!
