Saturday Work On The Back Yard

After three weekends of rain, we finally had a Saturday that was nice and had 4 yards of topsoil delivered. Four yards doesn't sound that bad, until it's dumped in front of your house and you realize what a big pile that is!

It doesn't look so big from this view, better get somebody working on this right away! Lets see, who can I trick into doing this?

Ahh, what a soldier...rolling up her sleeves and getting right into it!

Annette is showing off her artistic side as she arranges the dirt around the shrubs and trees

So where did all that dirt go? Hard to see it as it seems to just disappear. We raised all the garden areas by 5-6 inches of which the first couple of inches will compact with the first good rain

New topsoil requires new garden lights - here big flower lights will shine at night

The left over topsoil is parked on the patio waiting to be tucked in a few corners here and there till the last of it has disappeared.

Sunday night this guy decided to take an apre-dinner stroll through the neighbourhood....good thing we were all finished in the yard and the BBQ meal had been cooked and the grills cleaned off so as not to attract him to the house.

Ed's Backyard This Sunday

With the weather finally getting nice on the weekends, I've been out in the yard weeding and pruning and power washing and enjoying the view of the garden. Here are a few pictures I snapped today... you can click on any picture to make it full size and see more of the details.

The burble from the rock waterfall is soft and soothing coming through the bed room window at night

The bushes have really grown in over the past few years

A view down the path to the end of the yard

When night comes, the show doesn't stop...multi coloured solar lights through out the yard, augmented with white mini-lights on the clematis covered arbour, light up the centre of the yard, while two flood lights under the trees in each back corner of the yard provide a night time view of this oasis. 

Whether sitting reading a book during the day, or sipping a glass of wine at night, this is the best place to view the garden show.