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Decorative and functional?

Decorative and functional?

I’m hoping I have enough brick left over to do something like this to a corner of the front yard where pog and I are always cutting across:

Just imagine that the brick is flush with the concrete.
In my head I see getting a post light put in between the brick and the dogwood, [...]

May I have some more, sir?

May I have some more, sir?

Pogle wanted everyone to see what 3 tons (he says) of brick looked like:

My new 225 gallon rain water tank:

And a shot of the volunteer daffodil blooming:

Now to try and get the ferret to sleep again (it’s 4 AM). >.<

Before I built a wall

Before I built a wall

We’re trying to decide if we should put in a chain link fence this year. It’d pretty much take all of the money we’d set aside for a shed (we have no garage or outdoor storage) and dip into our savings quite a bit, so it’s a big decision. Here’s my list of pros and [...]

With silver bells, and cockle shells, And marigolds all in a row.

Last year I tentatively bought a few plants at the local Lowes: the selection wasn’t very good but I knew where to find them, unlike a local gardening center. This year, I’m going for broke on my gardener status. I ordered seeds for our vegetable garden and for some flowering perennials/shrubs.
This is my first time [...]