You’ve seen our house.
Well, now you have.
And you’ve seen the beginning.
And you’ve seen the during.
Now here is the long-awaited afters of our front yard renovation.
the view of our stone wall:
the view from our mailbox:
the view of our lovely under-driveway-runoff-drain:
the view from our garage:
the view of our drainage ditch (with all the leftover rocks):
the view of the right side garden bed:
and the view from the front porch:
and because I am an over-achiever (actually just a suck-up) I also wanted to post the before/after photos.
and because I know you peeps are a detail oriented bunch, I put together a little visual aids if you want to know type of plant you are looking at with those beautiful eyes you have.
Here is the portion of the bed closest to the road – next to the drainage area:
And in the middle of the bed, we have the area that I planted the bulbs (performing their GLORY OF SPRING concert in, well, the spring):
Moving on.
From the bulby section – we have some more shrubs. really. are you surprised?
I didn’t think so.
and finally, we are at the other end of this dang garden bed.
And I know what you are thinking.
“Why the heck am I looking at some crazies mulched garden bed that really just looks like a big pile of dirt?”
And I will answer that after you finish looking 🙂
Whew.
Ok – now onto your question.
Why would you spend one second of your time looking at these photos?
well. let’s be frank. No. You be Frank. I’ll just be Katie. (cheese alert!)
I don’t know.
it’s a complete and utter waste of time.
no. seriously. it is.
but in six months….when the birds are chirping, and the sun is out, and the plants are in bloom….you will think to yourself – ‘My goodness. That Bower yard has really improved since Katie first posted about those weak little plants.”
And in that moment, that very second, with that very thought….I will have victory over our cursed lands. our boulders and roots. our clay soil and our dirt lawn.
That will be the day folks.
That will be the day that I dance.
I will dance….and I will probably hurt my shoulder patting myself on the back 🙂
Nice job! I can appreciate all the work, because I’ve done a little of the same. I especially like your rock wall.
What an amazingly dramatic difference ALREADY and it’s not even Spring! Way to go Bowers! Your house and yard look fantastic.
Looks AWESOME!! I bet that was a lot of hard work, but it looks so great. You should be proud! We can’t wait to tackle our yard this coming spring!
you have really done a great job! i’m sure it was a daunting challenge with such a big sloped yard, but i’m sure you are now the envy of all of the neighbors!
Oh trust me, those Russian Sages will GROW! We had a couple of them in Colorado, and we literally had to trim them once a week, or the sages would overtake our sidewalk. You could practically watch it grow. You guys did such a pretty job. I kind of miss that little tree, but everything else looks awesome!
Looks wonderful! Now that I can see it can be done w/o a contractor I have added a yard renovation to my list for in the spring. Also, thanks for taking the time to the names of the plants.
Looks fabulous! I am currently tackling a million yard projects at once and am inspired by all the work y’all did!!
Looks awesome, Katie! 🙂
I love it! What a be change…all theose rocks look great. BTW – cute street, your house stands out the most, yay for curb appeal
looks great! so glad the boyfriend is now available to come do my backyard 🙂
Love, love, love the stonework!! You have a great boyfriend for doing that!! 😉 LOL
It does look really nice. I can’t believe u found most of those rocks in your yard, that’s so cool. So, I’m wondering – did you find out what you’re having on Thanksgiving?
Wow. Your hard work definitely paid off. This looks fabulous! Great job, Bowers 🙂