Yard projects pictures 2

 Top picture shows how we framed our beds in to run that entire side of the house. Our carnations are back dropped by honeysuckle then runs around to the old red water pump and tulips with more carnations then over to the solid purple clematis bed. We built it last year to contain water that pools up there..clematis love water so it worked great! They will eventually vine up the lattice to the roof. Then you skip where the garage door is and over to the next bed..which has a cool vining bush, cottage leek from Steve's grandma, lilies, and then wraps to the bottom section that is shown. We have a cedar tree in it, huge hosta, my fave two tone clematis, a bird bath, a type of bushy flower (the name escapes me lol), the wagon wheel and then it continues down that side of the house with more hostas and assorted plants and an old push seeder.
   The other side of the house has forsythia bushes transplanted, purple carnations, dark brown mulch, our compost box, huge peaches and cream honeysuckle and ends in three different shades of irises and hyacinths (as well as Lizzy the lizard's grave). We are doing that whole side in dark brown mulch. We now have five garden beds on the hill on that side to help with erosion and mowing. We are planting raspberry bushes by the clothesline so they will vine and twist on the line and not down the yard. We have at least one more bed to put down which will be a hot box (wood with a sheet of glass hinged to the top) to do veggies in the cold.
  We currently have broccoli, kale, four types of lettuce, onions, red cabbage, 30 tomato plants (assorted types),cauliflower,cucumbers,strawberries, banana peppers, Mexican oregano, sweet basil,peas, 2 types of green beans and gourds going!!!! We've already had a cutting of broccoli and been eating some sweet strawberries. The compost box has been doing an awesome job of bringing in night crawlers etc and really softening up the ground.
  Still have more outside work to do but very proud of how it's coming along this year :)