View of the path from the yard looking at the house. I will rip out all the grass to the right of the path and make that flower bed butt up to the path.
I got a couple of plants today. One is a vivid pink hollyhock….I will plant it near my bean teepee. The other is a dappled flamingo willow. I still have to figure out where I want to put it. I researched it online and it is supposed to get HUGE and grow fast. I may put it in the bottom right of the below picture.
If you look closely you can see my pink circle in the grass. I started making the flower beds around it it two years ago. I will clean it up and make the flowerbeds go all the way around (except for an “entrance”) this summer. Next summer I plan on digging out the center and putting in a patio for our bistro set…..can’t afford all the stones this year though. If I do put the dappled willow near this “almost” patio it will be in a perfect position to block the patio from the neighbor’s prying eyes.
Finally, the “fun” project! Over in this corner of my yard I had my “garden” it was tiny, but you can see another pink circle. This one is where I need to rip the grass out right now. I’m putting in a very small brick patio which will be the floor of my bean teepee. Then I will create new garden beds around the outside of the teepee area. I still need to mark those before I rent the sod cutter.
Off to start digging!
