Our House

Several people have asked to see pictures of our house. The first one shows the front of our house. The second one shows the back of our house. Since we are on a hill, we have a very small backyard. These trees and bushes are actually the divider between us and our next neighbor down the hill. We are a corner house, so we have a fairly decent side yard with a tiered garden. I have been working like crazy getting it ready for winter because the last renters of this house didn't do any yard work for years. The weeds are literally 3 feet tall and the roots go down another foot. It is like blasting cement to pull them out. I have one tier completed. Another tier almost completed, and a section beside the house almost done. Sullivan plans on planting garlic beside the house today. We have planted wonderful strawberry plants on the steep hillside of a tier and plan on cleaning out another tier in the spring for red raspberry bushes. We have also planted one small blueberry bush. Blueberries don't grow on big bushes here like in the midwest. They are on plants that spread out sideways but stay with 8 inches or so of the ground. They are slow growing plants, but suppose to produce a lot of berries when they are big (about 4 feet across for one plant). Sullivan and Shaun built a fort in part of the backyard garden that was cleared out, and Dharma has her little tykes cabin set up nearby in the same garden bed. She and I planted small rose bushes in three colors around the cabin and I planted more perennials along the edge of the bed. Nothing in any of the gardens has been completed, but I have been trying to make the most of the daylight and warmth to start the hard work. Freezing weather is expected this weekend so that will be the end of gardening until spring.