Paradise in progress

Wonder what she is wishing for...

This is one that I picked up on a whim. The funny thing is that I after I was about half way thru I asked my brother if had read any good b...

The oft changed plan for the blank slate that is the backyard...

...three crazy dudes in the tub!(well, two dudes and one dude-ette). "What?!?!" Just chill-axing.

This past Saturday Nina found someone on Kijiji (free local online classified website) giving away free trees. I had no idea that it would ...

New Japanese Maple planted off what will be the corner of the deck...wood gets delivered on Friday. I love the glow that comes thru the lea...

Lots of choices for the birds. I am trying to attract Blue Jays and Cardinals with the new tray feeder (closest). So far we get a lot of R...

Another storm blowing thru tonight, nice to see the rain, but the japanese maples are not digging the wind.

Nina was turning over this raised garden bed that we inherited with the new house in efforts to plant some strawberries and veggies...well i...

Ben was given the Citizen of the Year for his Kindergarten class today.

New favourite in the garden.

...at least until the water runs out!

So here is the new front/side garden so far...going with an Asian/Woodland theme. The side along the house will be tall, narrow grasses I t...

Ok, forget the car, space travel or the cell phone...by far, man's best achievement to date has got to be the sod cutter. Wow, what a c...

The first step for the front/side yard is 4 yards of 3 way mix soil. This lot is made with black loam, manure and mushroom compost which ap...