My Front Yard

Okay so this year we finally created a halfway decent front yard.  I had convinced my husband that he did not want to mow any more and we let the grass in the yard die.  Well that was way back in the summer of 2006, unfortunately in the spring of 2007 I got cancer, again, long story, so the yard just sat and grew weeds.  Well we finally got back to it.  And . . . . I love it :)

The brick work was inspired by something I saw on Pinterest.  I just modified it to sweep around the rosemary and the bird bath.  And of course I LOVE my bathtub.  A good friend was dumping it and I and got it for FREE :)   Thank you Kris!  I put pots in it so I can change it out at different seasons.  These pictures are from early in the season so I was waiting for Daffodils and Tulips to make their debut.  Later pictures have the Gladiolas and Dahlias.

Better shot.  You can see the raised patio in the back.  This is an early shot - no swing.

Truly my house is not this blue.  But this is the way the shot came out.  So don't you just love the fence.  We designed it ourselves.  Cutting down 1" x 6" x 6' boards into smaller boards to create the slats on the fence and to create dimension we put some on the front and some on the back.  We used a jig to make sure that the spacing stayed the same.  I sprayed the whole thing with clear deck stain when I was done to keep the redwood looking new.  See the patio in the back with the still in process swing (I have to create a sling for it before it will hold anyone).  Plants across the front includes white cloud roses and lantana.  We also planted peter pan agapanthus by removing and old one in another part of our yard and then dividing it up.  Saved some bucks :)

Shot from another direction.  That's an almond tree in the center front of the yard.  At some point it may get too large but at least it will shade the front of the house.  And a small lemon in the blue pot on the left.  Grown from a seed.  No flowers or fruit yet but I'm hoping soon.

We added a pot on the patio and you can see my unfinished swing.  We tore apart the old stuffing on it and I decided to make a sling to string over the old framework, then I will add cushions.   Our ground cover is just bark chips over landscaping cloth.

So we're almost done.  Everyone that stops by tells us that they love it.  Including strangers just driving by.  Woooohooo for us :)