Welcome To My Home !

As promised I thought I would show you around the outside

of my home.

That last few weeks have been busy with

 yard cleanup, remulching beds, and planting.

My husband and I have done all the

landscaping ourselves. It has taken us close to 20 years

to get all this done.

Let's go around back shall we?

Looking straight back to the right, you can see

our garden bench...

which is situated right next to the pond.

I can sit there and listen to the

water tumbing down the falls and enjoy

the scent of honeysuckle planted

right behind the bench.

Turn to your right from the pond and you

can see across the back to our garden shed.

A closer view of the shed, the plants in the

window boxes haven't really grown

big enough to see just yet.

Turn a little more to your right from the pond

and you can see the pool and part of the

back of the house.

Straight up from the pool are

the steps leading up to the deck

to our back door.

A little closer to the back door and

you can see I've been very busy planting.

One of my favorites is the tree that

is blooming pink, it's a pink oleander.

I also have two white ones in pots, it's the only way

I can grow them this far north.

I plant them in big pots and then winter

them over by bringing them in.

Turn slightly to your right and you can see

my potting bench. My sweet husband

built it for me a few years back to store my supplies.

Turn slightly to your left and you see where

my houseplants spend the summer.

They love coming out after spending all

winter cooped up inside.

Turn completey around and you can see the

pool and yard from the deck.

These pots welcome visitors to the

deck after entering the yard from the back gate.

I have pots planted just about everywhere.

It gives me the opportunity to try new species

every year when I visit the nurseries.

My husband says I'm like kid in a candy store!

Hope you enjoyed the stroll through my yard.

The vegetable and herb gardens I've saved

 for a later date as it's a bit too early to

plant some things, but I will in another two weeks.

Come back soon and I'll give you a close up

of what's happening in the pond :)