A Summer Project

Today started out very rainy in the morning, but it finally let up in the afternoon. I took advantage of the dry spell to screen some more soil in the veggie garden plot. This view shows the north half of my backyard, with the (planned) vegetable garden next to the lawn. A small row of cherry tomato plants can be seen. The smooth, dark, square patch of soil is what I just finished screening. Over by the fence, where the pile of dirt is, will be shrubbery. I might put a rhoddy bush in the corner, with some kind of privacy trees spaced along the fence, and some low-lying shrubs between the fence and vegetable plot. Underneath the tarp is more screened soil for that part of the garden.

The small fence at the bottom is to keep my dogs out of that half of the yard, but Sadie has figured out how to jump the fence! (They are both Daschunds!)

Never a dull moment at Meadowcreek Park Observatory!!!

Spring Has Sprung....finally!!!

Well, it's been quite a while since I last posted. Let's see....I think I had returned from Kona, and it was snowing here in the Northwest. I've pretty much been staying around the house, trying to get my backyard "remodeled"....doing alot of prep work for new shrubbery. There was sod in the back, but because I have 2 small dogs, I never put anything on the grass for weed control....needless to say, it all eventually went to pot (weed)....uh.....you know what I mean!

The sod has thin nylon netting in it that prevents me from rototilling, so I have to manually dig it all up, screen out the dead sod and dirt clods, then get ready to put in the greenery. While all this is going on in the back, the front yard is holding it's own very nicely...one of the Rhoddy bushes has "popped". The second one will start to display color soon, and the Lilac tree in front of the porch has already begun to bloom! My favorite pasttime is sitting on the front porch in the evening and just soaking in the quiet beauty....