more then and now

The most frequent pic I seem to take with my phone is this view from out a back window. You can see in these photos the hydrangea and daffodil bed I built against the west fence with compost and rocks uncovered when digging it in; the center beds that I uncovered, weeded and buttressed with more stone; the spring bulbs and other things I planted; the soil and gravel that I replaced in the areas of the yard that were being used as a parking lot; and the results of the aerating and seeding John and I did in successions that first summer and then again in the spring the year after we moved up here. The old brick patio was a complete surprise to us--as were all the east beds, as they were hidden under weeds in the for sale photos and covered with leaves and snow the first time we looked at buying the house.

April 2007 (before we moved in)

April 2008

May 2008

April 2009