Ah, the back yard. Not much to say about it right now. Looks pretty in winter, doesn't it? Check out the pages for the back yard island and the kid's eye view for more photos and impressions. Currently growing in the back yardFirewood borderOne of the latest little borders I dug along the fenceline surrounding the back yard is backed by our firewood pile - so I called it the firewood border. It gets morning sun and afternoon shade - not too bad conditions for many plants. It's still young, but already has some plants growing: Blueberry patchTowards the back of the yard, just in front of the vegetable garden, sits an elongated patch primarily created to house blueberries and strawberries. On one of its ends is a rockpile centered by a boulder that was level with my lawn when I first started gardening. When I tried to extract it, I found it was too heavy to move – so instead I pried it up and put other sizeable rocks from the garden around it, all topped by a sundial. Over the years, some ornamentals have also found their way into the patch, which right about now contains most of the following plants:
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June 30, 2015 |
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