Yard Tour June 2016

I love our yard - its mature trees, its shade and sun and part sun areas, and I love imagining what it will look like once we really put our mark onto it.   Admittedly - we've done a lot already - we added the fence, the stepping stone path, the brick walkways, the stone covered stairway, the new azalea border and the front corner garden.   But I have so many more ideas in mind!  Just need the time, energy and funds to make those ideas a reality.   

I wanted to find a way to share what our yard looks like, all the different sections of it, and I couldn't figure out how to do that with just photos.  So I've been playing around with Photoshop this morning, and created this overview of our property, just for fun.   It kind of gives a birds-eye view of our yard and the different sections and pieces.

I thought about showing the old photos, from last summer before we did any work, but honestly, the old photos are not the best quality, and there's not very many of them, and they don't really give a true sense of the yard.   So, even though these photos give away some of the surprise of showing a before and after of the same area, I'm going to go ahead and use current photos.   It's a good starting point for the rest of the blog into the future, right?

Anyway, here's a walk around our yard as of mid June 2016.  Hope you enjoy!

Front foundation beds

Front Corner 

Part of the New Azalea Border

More of the New Azalea Border - lots of perennials mixed in

The Dogwood Garden near the Rock Walls

New Rhododendrons in the lower Rock Wall area 

The third Rock Wall with a new Mountain Laurel

Hydrangeas coming back to life on the South side foundation bed

South Front Foundation Bed

North Front Foundation Bed, showing new brick path, stepping stones and white fence

Peek toward the Front Gate Garden

Inside the fence gate on the North Side Garden

North Side Garden

North Side Garden from the back yard

Fire pit area converted to dining room area

Fire Pit area converted to Dining Room area, looking at side of back yard

View down the back yard and the new fence (partially stained)

New brick walk and new fence, partially stained

Small bed needs attention inside the fence

North Side Porch

Vegetable Garden outside the back fence gate

Outside the back fence, a "high potential" area

More "potential" outside the back gate

Stone stairway surrounded by wild plantings

Fence hillside needs attention!

Long driveway curves downhill to the right

Lots of parking available at the top of the driveway 

Standing at the bottom of the driveway looking up

Standing at the bottom of the driveway looking left along the Driveway Hill and the South Side Hill

Thanks so much for visiting the blog today! I hope you've enjoyed looking at our "high potential" yard and gardens... lots of fun to come in the future.   Please leave a comment to say hello!

Did you notice the brand new brick sidewalk leading up to our front door?  You can learn more and see the Front Walk Update Before and After here:

Want to see the inside of the house?   Check out this Empty House Tour, showcasing all the rooms in the house on the day we moved in.

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