a walk around my yard

Welcome, sunshine. I have missed you so. 

Clouds and rain have their place, but not for days on end.

It felt so good to putter and work around my yard again today,

 so I thought I'd take you on a little tour.

 Walking up to my front porch, there's a table full of spider plants

basking in the sunshine.

 A vintage pot of purple and yellow pansies by the front door

greets you with its cheer.

 But, watch out for Mama Robin! She always has her eye on you

while you're lingering on the porch.

 This is the south side of the house. The paved walkway leads to the patio.

There's still work to be done here. I'd like to paint the bench that's by

the fence and we need to put the patio rug on the patio. We're waiting

until all this rain is done though. When the rug gets soaked, even though

it's an outdoor one, it stays wet for a long time. There's too much

shade on this side of the house with all the trees hanging overhead.

Walking around to the back yard, you will see I started lining the little garden

in the middle of the yard with large, round rocks. I dug those out of our

front ditch area this morning. There's a few more to dig out, but I think I'm

going to fall short. I will have to hunt for roadside rocks on my walks.

The dirt patch to the right is what used to be our fire pit. Brian needs to get

rid of the cinder blocks (they won't go in the garbage, of course...we'll either find

some kind of unique way to use them {little planters?} or put them by the roadside

with a "free" sign.) The barrel you see is our composting barrel. Which we love, BTW.

We don't have to buy any dirt or potting soil. This thing makes the most beautiful

dirt you've ever seen. My plants thrive in this stuff.

 Against the back of the house is an herb garden that is constantly threatened

to be overtaken by the mint and the lemon balm. That's lavender at the back left,

with rosemary and parsley in front.

We planted some lettuces against the back area of the house too,

but it doesn't look so great. Lettuces like cooler weather and I think we

planted these too late - near the end of April.

Walking around to the north side of my house, you will find what I fondly call

"the plant from hell", AKA a comfrey plant, and a pot of tomatoes. The comfrey

plant was just a tiny cutting from my mom's yard last year. She had warned me

that it grows huge and pretty much takes over everything else. Moms are

always right.

One of my favorite flowers is begonias. They remind me of little roses. This

abundant basket hangs by the side door that leads into the kitchen.

 And then we have this row of flowering bushes that desperately need

trimming right now. Brian does that job with a power hedge trimmer.

 Well, I hope you enjoyed my yard tour. Thank you for taking the time

to share this beautiful day with me. We are grilling pork tenderloin for dinner

and I made a homemade BBQ mole sauce to go on it. We'll also have asparagus

with a buttery balsamic vinegar glaze and macaroni salad.

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