Backyard Makeover - backyard

2011 - been here two years and sick of looking at this dead area that we didn't know what to do with.  I didn't have much grass and I really thought I was an eye sore. My wheelbarrow is full of dead grasses, leaves, and things I have picked up over the years. The unfortunate thing about living in a neighborhood is there is NO PLACE to throw your weeds and such, so I kept collecting them in this, and this is where it stayed for two years.  I did find a perennial in there though and I replanted it!

2011 - after I cut down the tree in the corner and cleaned the area out  - knowing my friend was coming over to help with my "kickass backyard pool makeover" as she called it!

2011 - a little bit of a drainage problem.......May was a little wet!

My friend Kim borrowed her dads small rototiller (boy was that fun) and she brought over some edging and flowers for me to plant.  We worked really hard one weekend and got really dirty!

doesn't she look enthused!

A lot of these flowers Kim bought me herself and also transplanted some from her house.  I can't wait till mine get big enough to share with others.  She was very generous!!

Here it is all planted -2011 (the pink rhododendron was transplanted from another area of the backyard)  

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I noticed in 2012 that I lost all three plants closest to the edging.  I really think it was a dog issue because I noticed at one point they had dug in the garden to bury a bone.  Damn dogs!  I really liked the plant on the lower left corner, it had pink flowers and a light green leaf.  I am not sure of the name.  I will try to plant some of that again next year.

2012 - flowers are coming back and looking good....lost a few and added a few annuals.

added a basket of annuals on the hook and new solar lighting

5-28-12 you can see the flowers getting bigger compared to above photos.....love this gardening thing!