I love this time of the year...

I love this time of the year.. especially in

this part of my yard. 

It is finally coming together. I have changed this

area about 5 times over the 16 years we have been

here.  I had a white stone path going thru the

middle with a circle in the middle.. But just couldn't

get any thing to grow in and round it.

The fence line was a problem as well. I had two grape

vines there for 3 years. At first they wouldn't do hardly

anything.. and then they took off... literally... up the

fence, over the fence across the neighbors yard.. laying

out grapes all over the place.  Tried to get them to stay

on our side...but if I cut it.. it would shrink to almost

nothing.  Finally gave up, dug them up (you would be

surprise how long their roots were..)and gave them away.

Got a bottle of wine 3 years later.

Then a little over 5 years ago, we added 3 more bushes to

our snowball bushes..they are in the middle of the two

snowball bushes.... they were on each end and put them

there about 15 years ago.  And also have a lilac near our

bedroom window.

As you can see... the snowball bushes are going like gang

busters. The lilac bush is doing great this year.. and so are

the newer bushes finally filling in the rest. giving a great

buffer for the neighbor and us.  Now if I can get something

going down the rest of the fence line in the back yard it will

be great.

Even the hostas and the dahlias are doing well too.  so

there is all kinds of color.. but as you can see, it won't be

for long.. there will be just all the green, but that is ok too.

Even all the blossoms that have flown off the snowball

bush ..all over the yard.. is pretty to..  Even the gate is

hiding beyond the lilac and the snowball bush.

Even the King enjoys this time of the year... sitting on the deck.. looking out over the lawn and  garden, after a full day.