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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThe latest pics of the new house.
Now that winter is over, it's time to start thinking about the huge swath of dirt which surrounds the place. I have discovered that raking compacted dirt is not fun, but I am sure I will have no regrets once we get the grass seed going.
Flower bed
Lower level flower bed
Flower beds as seen from the driveway
Husband and elder son making a trellis for the climbing rose
Ran out of lattice for the top, so it's not quite done yet. We're going to enclose the bottom of the porch in the same lattice work.
Younger son helped plant this Forsythia
...and also this dwarf Burning Bush
Prostrate Veronica, which will hopefully shore up the slope when it fills in.
Various colored cone flowers are planted here
Pot of chives. We live in deer country, so I was told to plant smelly things they don't like.
Pansies and Sweet Alyssum
Turned part of the basement into a teen hangout. I think this winter we'll add a foosball table too. (The kids are just loving the fact that they finally have a space for having friends over.)
Finally unpacked some breakables, but when we get the kittens this summer I will have to turn around and repack them. LOL
This is Charlotte. I think she is a flour sack doll, and could be fairly old.
You can see part of the pattern on her back. Whoever made her cut on the "sew" lines and sewed on some of the "cut" lines. I wonder if maybe she was a child's project?
In addition to the sweet little calico dress, she is wearing what I think is a muslin petticoat and a flannel one. Under those are bloomers, which you can see tucked away in the center of the pic. (She has no feet or hands.)
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)seabeyond
(110,159 posts)but then a huge ass storm came thru and drenched us. now it is a lovely 67
just bee u tee full.
i dont know how i am going to do this summer
well, i do. airconditioning. i just havent turned it on. i am cheap and it is only april. should wait until june.
anyway. it is a lovely home. you all are doing a terrific job. and you have a man that knows how to do stuff. my hubby does fun stuff, too. it is such a treat. and i had to giggle at your son, watching, lol. but his tree?/plant? is perfect.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)to get those flannel sheets switched out!
I don't know what I would do without hubby and his DIY skills. I can do some things myself, but he's got a lot more experience than I do.
The kids did a great job. Elder was actually pretty helpful building the arch, and did some of the work himself. Younger helped me with the digging and rock removing while planting the bushes. (And a good thing because there was so much of both to be done!)
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)get everything done all at once rather than buying and planting a bush and flower every weekend or so. LOL
siligut
(12,272 posts)Very handsome son you have there too. A nice blank canvas to plant, oh the possibilities and oh, the work involved. The two tiered garden is already beautiful with just the rocks, it is going to be fantastic when things start to bloom.
I like your little cow pitcher; is it old? My mother had one, but I must have cracked it, I played with it so much when I was a girl.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)in my parents' attic. Knowing my mother, it wasn't at all her taste, so maybe it was her mom's or another relative's? It might be from the 50s in that case, since my grandmother died in '58.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)...middlefingermom.
And for goodness sake, help Veronica get to her feet!!!
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)frogmarch
(12,153 posts)May you and yours find much happiness there.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)finish raising our family.
zbdent
(35,392 posts)oh, wait a minute ... this isn't Mitt's, right?
I guess the clue would be the lady of the house actually with dirt on her clothes ...
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,595 posts)Wow, these are great pictures! I think your garden will be really wonderful once things start blooming and spreading out.
Your sons look great...so grown up!
Thanks for updating us!
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)are buying a plant or two a week. LOL
The boys are getting huge. Elder son is off to high school this fall.
randr
(12,412 posts)Pics show what it means to be a proud home owner.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)pride in it, as worn out as it had become.
bluesbassman
(19,372 posts)Congratulations. May you enjoy many happy years there.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)You should be so proud of yourselves! Its lovely!
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)them out the door to participate. The smiles were worth the effort.
applegrove
(118,630 posts)GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)to put something in that will lie softly on the faces of some of the boulders, tying the two levels together.
applegrove
(118,630 posts)dragons in the lower rock garden come August. They were stunning against the stone wall.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)applegrove
(118,630 posts)Pretty foliage.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)northoftheborder
(7,572 posts)I think it might be deerproof. But it might not be hardy where you are. Here, it will die back some, then come back in the spring. It's silver-grey in color.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)livetohike
(22,140 posts)You are really getting settled in now . Thanks for showing all the progress. I can't wait to see pics of your flowers in bloom
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)gotten around to that.
Hopefully, I will have some decent flowers this year! (Stay away, Bambi! LOL)
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)Is that "wilkum" plate/tile Dutch? I have similar ones at my house - in Swedish, of course, but the style is familiar.
Charlotte is beautiful!
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)kittens are arriving tomorrow, so time to pack things back up. LOL
Baitball Blogger
(46,702 posts)GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)kimi
(2,441 posts)Great that the kids get involved! And I hope the kittens don't create too much havoc LOL.
Tallulah
(209 posts)so is your boy.
Never be ashamed of where or what you come from. It got you to where you are now. Good or bad, it's part of you.
Enjoy your new home. Nice job, lots of love there.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)I'm not sure where that's at, but I think you may have crossed it.
backwoodsbob
(6,001 posts)VERY nice..I'm jealous