Ok so it's not really Christmas, but we did buy some new trees :) Our backyard is fairly flat, then a steep incline and then it's flat again, making two levels to the yard. The part of the yard that was inclined, was steep, rocky, and the grass didn't grow very well making quite an eye sore when you look out our Kitchen window. We had debated for a while on how we wanted the backyard to look and when it came down to it, any major changes were pretty expensive, and something we weren't willing to justify.
In February we went to the Home and Garden Expo here in Cincinnati and it turns out a lot of places were hurting from the economy and from the winter months of slow business. We found a few nurseries and fence companies that gave free estimates and so we scheduled them to come look at our yard. After shopping around, comparing prices and ultimately booking while the weather was still really cold, we ended up getting some really great deals.
We put in a fence, 6 trees, about 15 shrubs and a bunch of flowers. Brody and our friend Brad went Saturday before conference and gathered a BUNCH of rocks to line the garden with so it really completes it.
Here are some pictures of what it looks like right now.
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| Brody in the corner mowing the lawn and Deja sniffing out morsels |
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| It doesn't look like much yet since the Japanese Weeping Cherry Tree (right side of picture, kinda looks like a stick in the middle of the flower bed) and our mature Walnut trees haven't bloomed yet |
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| Here's a better shot of the full flower bed |
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| What a Japanese Weeping Cherry Tree will look like |
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| Zagreb Coreposts. We have about 3 of these |
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| Knockout Rose, we have two of these |
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| Tigerlilies, we have about 7 of these throughout the bed |
In addition to the pictures we have some small Juniper shrubs, some prickly bushes (no idea what they are) and some more flowers which I can't remember the names of right now.
I'm pretty excited for the next few weeks when everything starts to bloom and give us a nice peek into our future yard!
