During. This was taken in March of this year - last month. You can see Steve has ripped out all the 1940s bushes, like holly and azaleas, and has tilled up the lawn. He's started on the brick walkway.:
We are now further (farther?) along with the "during." You can see we have put in a number of plants and mulched on the side that will be a little cottage garden. Also in but hard to see yet are America wisteria, that will climb up the pillars. A little more work has been done on the brick walkway.
Steve K. is the mastermind behind the yard makeover. He's a botanist and is using only native plants. Here he is hard at work.
Steve works while his wife Terri sits on the steps with J. That's Steve and Terri's son Zan hanging on the sidewalk. He helped a lot too
This is a general idea of what I hope the front of the house looks like when all the plans and flowers are grown in.
4 comments:
What ere the plants you planted? Which one is jah and which is mykhailo?
Your house is adorable!
I'm the one in the red jacket.
Off the top of my head, here's what I remember planting
Sunny side
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* Tennessee coneflower (Echinacea tennesseensis)
* sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa)
* nodding onion (Allium cernuum)
* bird's foot violet (Viola pedata)
* aromatic aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium)
* blazing star (Liatris spicata & squarrulosa)
* butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
* firepink (Silene virginica)
* mountain mint (Pycnanthemum incanum)
* shooting star (Dodecatheon meadia)
* rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
* Small's beardtongue (Penstemon smallii)
* Sewannee rosinweed (Silphium brachiatum)
* showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)
* bee balm (Monarda didyma)
* broomsedge (Andropogon virginicus)
* splitbeard bluestem (Andropogon ternarius)
* big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
* little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
* sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)
* indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans)
Shady side
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* dwarf Red buckeye (Aesculus rubra)
* woodland phlox (Phlox divaricata)
* wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)
* indian pink (Spigelia marilandica)
* wood oats (Chasmanthium latifolium)
* black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa)
* Solomon's seal (Polygonatum biflorum)
* Arkansas bluestar (Amsonia hubrictii)
- Steve K.
Hey, Katie... do you read _Cottage Living_ magazine? I think you'd love the gardens in there! Can't wait to see yours when it's finished... as if any yard or garden is ever finished. ;-)
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