I am feeling energized by the wonderful weather lately, and am finally motivated to do something about the lackluster gardening situation in my backyard.
We have 2 BIG trees in our backyard, which means that we get a lot of shade.
This is a great thing for the summertime when it's nice and cool on a hot day.
It's not such a great thing for growing grass.
We've tried and tried shade tolerant seed, and really it's been a losing battle for the 6 years we've been here.
A couple of years ago I bought a garden kit from Springhill Nursery which has made one side of our shady yard into a little oasis of lovely flowers.
I decided to try it myself without the kit on the other side of the yard.
I went to a couple of great small garden stores, got some advice about good shade plants, and went to work.
You can see that we really need a change in these before photos.
The second thing I did was remove the flimsy fence.
Then I laid out the new garden plot, helped along by the tree roots that I encountered, and marked it off by some leftover stones that I had in a big pile, which took care of two problems at once.
He told me that I'd thank him for the best suggestion in the world, and here I am to agree.
Great suggestion, My Love.
While I was outside just now, there were 3 squirrels having some kind of squirrel Olympics in my yard and my neighbor's as well as in the wheel wells of my car.
It looks very nice! I have the same problem in my backyard--three big trees making the whole thing shady. Our previous house had no shade and I grew a wonderful vegetable garden but no one ever wanted to be out in the yard. So I think the shade is better for family living but it's been a long struggle to get anything to grow.
ReplyDeleteI think you need to send those squirrels to Awavia.
ReplyDeleteSeriously M'Lou, have you seen the packs of squirrels around? They're running in groups of 8 or 9!
ReplyDeleteWe're under invasion!
Nice work! Now you can come over and help us with our garden!!
ReplyDeleteKidding...
But it looks beautiful!