I don’t want to let another summer go by without being able to enjoy our petite backyard. Ultimately I would like to put up a new fence, move the pond, rebuild the deck & basically redo the whole darn thing… But that’s not going to happen so now I’m working on new low cost plans. I have bagged up 7 full size bags of leaves & poo so far. This week I’m going to concentrate on this area. Here it is yesterday.



And here it is today minus leaves & dog poo, plus a hammock. It’s a really peaceful spot for the hammock. I want to put some sort of moss or shade tolerant ground cover all around the hammock and some ferns at each end. There will be stepping stones to get to the hammock. I’m reading up on what sort of plants grow here but haven’t been able to find any of them at the nursery or Home Depot. I’ll try again tomorrow.




Next I need to clean up the side of the house. It looks like our neighbors have been dumping their trash bags on the side of our house. Classy, eh? Ugh….I realize this neighborhood was kinda ghetto before all of us DINKS moved in but that’s still tacky. Oh well, that’s why I’m creating a little sanctuary in the backyard.