We crossed the finish line!

Hey, we did it! It was a busy memorial day weekend. We managed to get the fence cut down, gate door modified and new handle installed, fence posts capped, new mailbox installed and new shades hung. On top of all of this we finished planting the entire big garden (at Rockpoint) and our grass is coming up! As we're considering this our time for a little breathing room, I'm going to compile all of the work-in-progress photos we've taken and put together an album up on picassa. I'll post the link here when it's up. Hopefully within the next week or so. Stay tuned.

Finished?

The wood chips are gone! The lawn is seeded! We're at the home stretch!

Bringing you up to speed - the Shed

Here are some photos that show the progress of the shed. The first photo is what it looked like early last year. Note the hole in the side...

Here it is with the broken boards fixed and primed:

...and here it is after being fully repaired and re-painted.

I'll post more photos, I swear!

We're getting there! ALL of the perennial beds (three new, two replanted), the herb bed, and most of the shrubbery has been planted. We're still looking for homes for the lilacs and are in the process of trying to get rid of our mountain of mulch created when the stumps were ground down. While still not finished, progress is definitely visible. I'm going to be in the back yard cleaning up tonight for a little BBQ we're having, so I'll try to snap some photos of it to post. No promises, but I'll really try.

Oh, right! While you're waiting to see what it really looks like right now, here is a link to some photos of the tree removal that Ted shot.

Who took my trees?!

Wow! What a difference! The tree guys finally showed up yesterday and deforested us. It looks VERY different. Now that we've gotten that out of the way, we have a long project list for the weekend. Shrub planting, herb replanting, perennial bed planting, grass seeding...like I said earlier: busy, busy, busy. I'll try to get some photos of the tree removal up soon.

Busy, busy, busy!

What a weekend! Absolutely beautiful weather led to a weekend of much garden progress. If only these good-for-nothing tree guys would actually show up! What started two months ago as a nice little cottage garden project has blossomed into a garden extravaganza. First there was the addition of the new perennial beds and the removal of the trees. This weekend we decided to repaint the shed and add some shrubbery to the front of the house. We have some photos of the repainted shed (which looks very sharp), and I'll try to snap some pics of the shrubs (boxwood) when we get them in. All I have to say is that it's really falling into place...if only we hadn't butchered our plum tree...

Back to the drawing board...

Had a lot of high winds last night and the greenhouses were pretty much destroyed. I guess Velcro isn't really high-winds-worthy. Time to make a trip to Lowe's to find a more industrial-strength fastener...

Planning starting to repaint the shed this weekend, also. Busy, busy, busy.