Nela
Well-Known Member
Soooo... I went from having a one bedroom appartment with no access to a yard to a 3-floor house with a front
garden and backyard Woot Woot! Of course, the cats and I just love the extra space. The house is in excellent
condition but there is definitely one thing that the sellers didn't like: yardwork.
The first thing you would have noticed if you came up to the house was a horrid forest green colored wooden fence
that couldn't quite decide if it was going to stay up or stay down... It HAD to go. The other thing that had to go
was the rocks they put in the flower bed. Nah uh, I no like. Of course, it only looked like there was just a bit of
rock to remove. 16 buckets later, I'm looking for where to dump the rest... Anyway, allllllllll the stones had
weeds between them so we have to clean out all that and then put sand again. It's a long task but it looks so much
better when done.
I've never tended to flowers or anything else much myself. I did have a cactus once... But then it died. Jeff and
yardwork? Bwahahahaha. Non-existant. Lol. I do love flowers though so I am going to make an attempt at having a
flowerbed. I also have decided to use the existent bed in the backyard to grow a tiny garden. That's the intent
anyway...
So for the front, I have decided to go with mainly roses and dahlias. They are my favorite flowers. I don't want
climbing roses though as those will become massive and then I will have to wear body armour to trim them I think.
Instead, I got rose plants or bushes and testing those out. I don't know really what I am doing, but I got the
ones-that-smell-so-sweet-you-can't-stop-smelling-them kind of rose. We got some that are red and yellow and some
that are a pretty pink. We also got smaller ones that are a lovely pink and yellow. The dalias are gorgeous peach,
yellow, and red.
For the back, we got blue hydrangeas because I have always loved hydrangeas. We also got some marguerites (?) and I
am going to go get sunflowers as well. I will attempt to move the huge lavendar plant to the back as well. In the garden, I planted cherry tomatoes, raspberries, and 'gold' raspberries. I've never seen gold ones before so I am really curious as to how those will turn out. I'm thinking of maybe adding bell peppers or something... Not really sure what yet.
Here are some pictures you might enjoy...
Dahlias:
Roses:
Bug on rose:
Herbs (basil, parsley, chives, thyme, lemon thyme, oregano) :
Our first tomatoes:
Others:
Hopefully, I won't kill them all
garden and backyard Woot Woot! Of course, the cats and I just love the extra space. The house is in excellent
condition but there is definitely one thing that the sellers didn't like: yardwork.
The first thing you would have noticed if you came up to the house was a horrid forest green colored wooden fence
that couldn't quite decide if it was going to stay up or stay down... It HAD to go. The other thing that had to go
was the rocks they put in the flower bed. Nah uh, I no like. Of course, it only looked like there was just a bit of
rock to remove. 16 buckets later, I'm looking for where to dump the rest... Anyway, allllllllll the stones had
weeds between them so we have to clean out all that and then put sand again. It's a long task but it looks so much
better when done.
I've never tended to flowers or anything else much myself. I did have a cactus once... But then it died. Jeff and
yardwork? Bwahahahaha. Non-existant. Lol. I do love flowers though so I am going to make an attempt at having a
flowerbed. I also have decided to use the existent bed in the backyard to grow a tiny garden. That's the intent
anyway...
So for the front, I have decided to go with mainly roses and dahlias. They are my favorite flowers. I don't want
climbing roses though as those will become massive and then I will have to wear body armour to trim them I think.
Instead, I got rose plants or bushes and testing those out. I don't know really what I am doing, but I got the
ones-that-smell-so-sweet-you-can't-stop-smelling-them kind of rose. We got some that are red and yellow and some
that are a pretty pink. We also got smaller ones that are a lovely pink and yellow. The dalias are gorgeous peach,
yellow, and red.
For the back, we got blue hydrangeas because I have always loved hydrangeas. We also got some marguerites (?) and I
am going to go get sunflowers as well. I will attempt to move the huge lavendar plant to the back as well. In the garden, I planted cherry tomatoes, raspberries, and 'gold' raspberries. I've never seen gold ones before so I am really curious as to how those will turn out. I'm thinking of maybe adding bell peppers or something... Not really sure what yet.
Here are some pictures you might enjoy...
Dahlias:
Roses:
Bug on rose:
Herbs (basil, parsley, chives, thyme, lemon thyme, oregano) :
Our first tomatoes:
Others:
Hopefully, I won't kill them all