People have asked for pictures of the garden projects, so I placed them after the fold…
Pictures of the pool, patio, and garden after the fold…
Huge kudos to Jeff and Dan for coming up with ideas for what to do with this space (which is under an overhang, and gets little rain); and again to Jeff for digging most of the dirt out to make room for the gravel.
We improved the patio dining dramatically by adding a Gaiam recycled outdoor rug under the table and a Gaiam market umbrella with solar powered lights built into the frame.
| One of the benefits of living in the woods and having a pool is the large numbers of butterflies and dragonflies that visit our little oasis… |  |
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The big Hostas have all bloomed and dropped their flowers, but the small Hosta is still going strong |
Around front, the Iris bed has been cleaned up and re-mulched…
We had Merrifield plant a “Forest Pansy” redbud tree, and we planted more mondo grass, phlox, peonies, and moutian laurel around it and the purple beach tree.
The mountain laurel flowered earlier this spring.
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