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Sunday, July 4, 2010

July and the Beauty of our Home Place

Scenes of the yard in early July. Lots of work yet to get it in ship shape for Mallory's wedding in August, but we're getting it done slowly but surely. We're going to put paving stones under the swing. and take out the grass so we don't have to move it every time we mow.

Well, the start of our gazebo. It's been over a month and the package still hasn't arrived, but the base is all ready to go. We're supposed to get the package this coming week, and Mom told Chad she wants it completed by the end of July. Notice that we planted gladiolas for the first time since we stopped growing them commercially. We're also planning to put landscape ties all around the edge of the gardens, (Eventually).
The new soil we put in these beds last year is better than what was there, but after seeing the beautiful black soil Trevor was putting in the beds at the job we visited in Edmonton, we are no longer happy with this stuff. The perrennials seem to do just fine, but the annuals don't seem to like it.
It looks pretty good according to our standards. Maybe not as professional looking as the stuff Trevor does that we saw on Thursday, but it'll do. As you know we had fun getting the washed gravel to our place, although the return trip for the second load was uneventful. We dug all the landscape ties in and leveled them with our small level. Lots more hard work.
The water is finally clear, and unbelievably all eight of our fish are still alive. They've survived cold weather, muddy water, several days with no running water, and just a small gurgling fountain, and a blue heron that seems to slow down every time it flies over.
Mallory re-stained the bridge and it looks much better. It will pass muster now for the wedding. We still need to redo the bridge to the right of this picture with cedar to match everything else.
Note the trees bending in the chinook wind. Not a warm one though. The iris's are all finished flowering and need to be cut back. All the lillies are about to flower probably some time this week. But even after 13 inches of rain, we have had to start sprinkling the flower gardens, and right away we'll have to start on the lawns. Although it does look like rain outside right now, and has even sprinkled a little.