Sensational Summer

Completed Shade garden.  Notice the steps on the right...they are from the trailer but make a nice plant nursery.

View from the south, 
Lots of seed and straw.

Yes,  it has been a while since the last post.  We have been busy trying to squeeze some fun out of the last days of summer.  We went to Monticello and Hershey Park,   two really fun trips! The weather here in Northern Virginia has been spectacular.  Even on the hottest days, the cement porch stays nice and cool.  We continue to spend time every day outside on the porch.  Julie had jury duty in Alexandria, which put a bit of a wrinkle in our progress,  but she was able to paint in the evenings so that Chris had plenty of trim to keep him busy during the day. 



A view of where the trailer once stood,
just past the new cryptomeria tree.

Ron moved the trailer for us.  It is only moved to a different part of the yard,  because, unfortunately it still needs a new owner.  He also finished up the grading and only has the circle driveway yet to tackle.  That left us with lots and lots of grass needing to be planted.  One Saturday we planted 175 pounds of K31 seed and 25 bales of straw.  We have one small area yet to seed,  but most of the yard is now yellow and soon to be green.  Let the watering begin!

Front of the house. 
The landscaping is still in it's infancy, 
but at least we have some shrubs and mulch.

We finished up the shade garden and it is so lovely.  The fern area is planted and we have several other areas with only a few plants.  Luckily Julie has a couple of plant swaps coming up and hopefully can score some cool flora!

With school starting we have more time for projects so Julie has started on a terrace garden on the back side of the porch.  Lots of digging and moving cylinders,  but we have high hopes. 


A nice view of the door trim,  but really the highlight of this photo is the new china hutch we bought from some kid out of his garage.

Gotta run,  time to move the sprinklers.