Landscape update

What a difference a little time can make. After showing a friend my old landscape blog posts I realized it was time for an update. We have lived in Utah for 2 yrs now- WOW! We started with only the front of our home landscaped. The back was....well....see for yourself....

Yeah, pretty nasty.

After a bit of time, and a lot of sweat our yard is coming together.

These quakies are growing so fast. They were just spindly little things, now they are branching out and actually provide a bit of shade.

The front beds are needing trimmed and perenials split.

Maybe by the end of summer I will have a bit of a flower bed trimmed around this tree.

I have Hastas and Bleeding Hearts filling the shady areas. I just wanna add some Columbines too.

I love the timeless look of the Bleeding Heart.

I love the rock work too. It creates texture and dimension to our yard I had not imagined. An added plus is the boys get to climb all over and have a natural "bunker" for their play time.

Instead of sharp thorns that sting even after being pulled out we have soft grass and a playset for 4growingboys.

The grass is growing well....guess I need to mow again. ;-)

We hope to have the deck on this fall. Something with a nice Pergola for shade in the summer.

My tulips are all spent but the Dianthisis are popping out with beautiful shades of pink. I took these pictures earlier in the spring...you should see them now!

I love these!....plus, see my lady bug hiding in the plants. FUN!

I hope my raspberries will really fill in this year. I am anxious for some raspberry/huckleberry jam.

One last plant I didn't get a picture of is my grape plant. I am thrilled with all the clusters of grapes forming. It was too cold in Idaho to have grapes vines so this is a new adventure in the garden.

Not a bad before and after huh!