So here's the progression. When we bought our house, the whole front yard was cement. If you look us up on Google street view, you will see a car parked in the front yard. Classy, huh?
This "before" photo features a dead tree over the porch, a decrepit bench, a "green bin" (we do municipal compost!) and random litter.
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Cement, dead tree, trash. |
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A little better. |
Since then, we have made slow progress in landscaping the front yard. The mulch was probably a good idea, because, despite the moonscape you see above, we've found the soil to be quite friable. This year, we planted some baby trees - a fig and a maple - and tons of creeping thyme, rosemary, sage, and oregano. And a couple of tomato plants, of course.
And just this week, we finally got rid of the ugly chain link fence and had a new fence and gate installed. Not too shabby, eh? (Golden evening light should get some of the credit for the improvement.)
Dead tree finally gone - replaced by fig, maple, herbs, tomatoes. |
I admit, our progress fixing up the front yard has seemed excruciatingly slow at times. But when I see this, I feel that, slowly, but surely, it's coming together. That's a nice feeling.
P.S. We're off to New York City for a long weekend! Stroller - check. Ergo baby carrier - check. Awesome brand new toys to bribe Joe with on the five hour flight - check. Eek. Wish us luck! Have a great weekend.
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ReplyDelete*pets the pretty house*
A beautiful "Stoop Sittin" short to get you excited about your next project...
Lovely. My yard and garden philosophy is to just make it a little bit better each year. The temptation is to want to make it perfect all at once, but that isn't possible unless you have a lot of money to throw at it.
ReplyDeleteThis post just reminds me how a little bit adds up to a lot over time.
The fence is great. I hate chain-link.
Wow, nice! Love the fence.
ReplyDeleteRosa and I resumed our walk along the paved road that makes the Old Forest such a freely accessible place for everyone to visit, and soon heard a motor approaching.concrete fence
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