Landscaping 2006 – The Back of the House
In between the two seating walls in the center, KC put in a stone path. On either side of that, Linda and I moved the hostas from the western side of the house. Some lilies and sedum from other areas of the garden were also moved as was a spare smoke bush from when we did the front. The cuttings from Linda’s garden were scattered around and I added a few annuals for color.
The stone path from the patio to the lawn:
Right after this, we decided to have the exterior of the house painted. Actually, we got an unbelievable deal from a student who, with two colleagues, did the entire job for under $2000, so we couldn’t afford NOT To do it, given the way the paint looked. The color turned out much lighter than I expected but I like it. The BEST part of the new paint job, though, was the garage: it was now dark red to match the new front door! Here are some after shots:
I had intended my first pass at the back softscape to be temporary but by the end of the summer I LOVED the way it looked:
Summer 2006:
Fall 2006:
A sunset over the new deck on a rainy night:
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