24 Hours of Snow

It's been a snowy spring. Or, I guess, a snowy end of winter. A storm came through yesterday that was billed as a real doozy. It did snow a lot, started at 2am (they say) on Tuesday and kept going straight through until 2am this morning. A few pics of the progress...

Yard Transformation

See below as it turns from a weed museum into something more manageable.

 

There aren't any plants yet so it can't be called a garden. That will be round two. 

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.