Walk around the house June 16, 2006
June 16, 2006
June 16, 2006: Lots of things come up first on the patio.
Daisies and soon to be flowering Corn Flowers on the patio.
This is the solar south side and entry for the house. It gets the first benefit of the warm sun.
Solar south elevation with Tiger Lilies, Corn Flowers and Tall Yellow Daisies.
We built the house in the early 1998's and raised our family here. The kids are now grown and I am here on my own (with Baby Dog, she's in some of the photos). The yard was not always the - Yard - during that time, Some years it was - Knowingly Mowed - and others just mowed. Anyway the solar south has longer growing season. The east berm is next in length of season. This berm is mostly Tiger Lilies in July and a flowering vine (of some sort) come August.
East berm with Tiger Lilies in bud and pear tree.
This is east side down from the berm with Daisies and (white) Wild Roses in bloom.
There is a patch of ferns by the roses that I plan to expand out more.
Here is the view of the front yard from the deck looking east with more Wild Roses (BTW they smell wonderful).
The field beyond and the one across the street is owned by the farm out there (the second from left white building). They are very nice and let me trim back the hedges so the view can be maintained. If I'd have left them alone after twenty years the trees would have blocked it.
The view from the deck is to the north. I took liberties with the passive solar design and of course have a deck and big windows on the north side.
View from the deck slightly northwest. Those are Daisies out in the yard, an apple tree to the left and a Buckthorn Bush toward the center and a Forsythia Bush (gone by, but this was its best year yet) to the right. In the center is a bird feeder and Tall Yellow Daisies.
This is looking across the front yard from the path near car park. More Wild Roses in upper left and those are Hostas curving up from the bottom right.
Path coming in from car park with west house berm on right.
We are almost around the house now. Back on the path from the car park to the patio and entry. And look who came out to meet us… (Read about Baby's Big Adventure) To the right is where the Tiger Lilies and Tall Yellow Flowers were transplanted to hide the woodpile.
The east side yard with wild flowers and live and dead Cattail Ferns (there are Tiger Lilies in there somewhere too, that is another project).
Daisies and one of Nan's rose bushes along the path to the patio.
Here we are back on the patio looking at Tiger Lilies buds and Milk Weed plant buds.
I think I'll go in for a Guinness and a nap.
View of patio from inside the common room (that's the corner of the couch at right, zzzzzz)