Before & After

These are a snap shot of the work we (mostly I) have done in the yard since we decided to move into this house in early spring 2008.

I wish I had some pictures of the yard before we started working on it, but I have a tendency to want to take pictures when it is looking better...  I won't go so far as to say that we have the most gorgeous yard around, but it is a vast improvement from before I took my spade to it.

Before:  Front Yard; May 2008

Before:  Front Yard; May 2008

Semi-After:  Front Yard April 2009

How it looks NOW

April 2009

Now

April 2009 Back yard looking North. (Yes that is my finger. Sorry.)

And Now (After hours of weeding.)

Now, the other part of the garden.
 (See the broken clothes line?  Tom & his friend thought they could climb on it like a vine)

Then...  April 2009 Back Yard looking South

And Now...  To the left of the patio.

Now.  The end of the patio.

Now.  Looking West from the back gate.

Before...  May 2008 Back Yard.  (See the swimming pool in the patio?) This is after I spent hours and hours pulling out dead roses, trees, and weeds and attempted to remove the black plastic from underneath gravel, stepping stones, etc. etc. etc...

Before...  April 2009 Back Yard

After:  June 2009 Back Yard

& After:  East back yard Now.

Now:  Back yard looking South and East

And for kicks and giggles:  Early summer when the climbing vines were seedlings.

And Now.  It's gone crazy and I don't see any blooms.  They are supposed to be red.