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There have been lots of winged visitors at Huron since the yard work started. Digging around has unearthed a bunch of tasty treats and birds have been poking and pecking around, noshing on worms and whatever else they like to eat. I tried to get a nice portrait of this little guy 

but he flew up, up and

landed on the fence for safety. 

Then he flew away.

Sneak Preview

Since the last post I found a garden that I really really love. Here's a gander at the design I'm stealing inspired by...

A lot of the elements above are going to find their way into this...

 

I hope.

Yardage

So here's a good look at the "opportunity" in the back yard...

It needs to be overhauled completely. Dug up, graded, new top soil, some sot of water runoff system for the rain gutters, possibly a sprinkler system - all of that plus a plan to put something back there and make it look nice. I like the idea of clover, thyme or vinca instead of grass,

  

gravel or stones to create a patio or foot paths

 

and flowers to add color and pretty smells.                   

That's the dream. Stay tuned for the reality.

Weeds

Huh boy. You know, lots of people would like to have a little garden space to putter around in, spend their weekends pulling weeds and watch wave after wave of plants bloom and decorate their landscape. Not me. I do not have a green thumb. I do not have house plants. I had an air plant that died. From too much air? I do not know.

Here's a picture of it in healthier days. Fortunately West Elm has more of these for $4.00 each so I had a hasty funeral for this guy, bought a replacement and will keep buying more as needed.

So no surprise that I'm facing a huge dilemma in my yard. Both front (6' x 6'?) and back (20' x 40'ish). Honestly, even the parking strip feels overwhelming. If you have unsolicited advice about low maintenance gardens let me know.