Okay, so since I'm going to make this about gardening, I might as well put some pictures on here showing you a little of what I have so far. Some of these are random, but it will give you an idea of what I'm up against.
Last year for Mother's Day, I thought I would give Catherine a little flower bed she could call her own. I went and bought a few annuals and it wasn't long before we had what you see here. The bed actually worked out very well and produced a lot of good color
throughout the season. My next plan is expand it a little further away from the house and longer maybe including some curves and such. A few of the plants that are in this bed are petunias, Iris (Catherine loves Irises and we got these from the neighbors yard), and you don't see it here, but we added a Lantana. That will be coming back and should be pretty. We are looking forward to see what the irises will do this year. This picture was taken toward the end of May last year.
This was a project that took some time. We have a propane tank next to our driveway and while I really don't mind the look of it, I decided to mask it with some kind of plant. I wanted an evergreen and the only one I could find for our area was Carolina Jasmine. I built a trellis and planted the plants. I didn't take long for one to take off and it's beautiful in the Spring. The other one seems to be stunted for some reason. I don't know if it's hit a rock or what. I planted both plants at the same time, so we will see what happens. When we moved in, there was no retaining wall around the tank, so I had to build that. That came out really nice and has worked well. That was my first retaining wall experiment.
And the last thing I will subject you to is a picture of my compost pile or piles. These are not really effective because I do not have a water source nearby and they don't get full sun all day. The composting process is rather slow. I built two because after a while, I will take the compost from one and transfer it to the other turning it to try to speed up the process. Anyway, I will add other images of my yard later.
Last year for Mother's Day, I thought I would give Catherine a little flower bed she could call her own. I went and bought a few annuals and it wasn't long before we had what you see here. The bed actually worked out very well and produced a lot of good color 
throughout the season. My next plan is expand it a little further away from the house and longer maybe including some curves and such. A few of the plants that are in this bed are petunias, Iris (Catherine loves Irises and we got these from the neighbors yard), and you don't see it here, but we added a Lantana. That will be coming back and should be pretty. We are looking forward to see what the irises will do this year. This picture was taken toward the end of May last year.
This was a project that took some time. We have a propane tank next to our driveway and while I really don't mind the look of it, I decided to mask it with some kind of plant. I wanted an evergreen and the only one I could find for our area was Carolina Jasmine. I built a trellis and planted the plants. I didn't take long for one to take off and it's beautiful in the Spring. The other one seems to be stunted for some reason. I don't know if it's hit a rock or what. I planted both plants at the same time, so we will see what happens. When we moved in, there was no retaining wall around the tank, so I had to build that. That came out really nice and has worked well. That was my first retaining wall experiment.
And the last thing I will subject you to is a picture of my compost pile or piles. These are not really effective because I do not have a water source nearby and they don't get full sun all day. The composting process is rather slow. I built two because after a while, I will take the compost from one and transfer it to the other turning it to try to speed up the process. Anyway, I will add other images of my yard later. 
4 comments:
WOW! You blog totally rocks. I love it. Your gardens are AMAZING! I really really enjoyed reading so far and can't wait till spring to see everything in bloom.
P.S. I LOVE the music you chose. It is so you! lol!
Kelly, I think you have found the right thing for your blog! I am so glad to finally see photos of all your hard work! FANTASTIC!!!
Kelly,
Love your blog. I'm so jealous of your veggie garden. And your music is great. It'll be fun to read your blog.
Jeanne
I cannot believ you are planting already! It was 27 degrees here this morning. It is fun seeing your garden and it will be cool watching it grow. Mom said you have a travel blog going too? Will you send me the url? The Cardinals did really well in the 2nd half yesterday, they just didn't have enough to get it done! In my heart, I really wanted them to win since they have never won before. Oh, well, there is always next year! Although the Broncos are going to be there next year and I can't root for anyone else but them!
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