back yard

I'm finally getting around to sharing some more photos with you of the yard. We haven't done much of anything out there, but things are starting to really come to life! We'll be surprised every few weeks for the first year as we discover which plants flower and develop and when.



Here is what the back yard looks like- you can see the 3 apple trees there at the end which are going to be beautiful when they get ready to flower. Hopefully we'll even have some fruit in the fall! (by then we'll be all set up and ready to bake apple pie and maybe even can a little apple sauce if there are enough...)





Here you can see the deck- there are 3 stairways coming down- one at each end and another which leads directly to the composter. I'm not sure about the state of the compost in that bin though- we need to do a bit of learning in that area. It seems to be a decent bin but it looks pretty dried out and there are a lot of fruit flies hanging around.



Below the deck there is a large raised bed which was planted by the previous owner with a mosaic of sorts, so that as the plants develop they will make a nice design from up on the deck. I'm sure we'll leave this as it is for the first year for sure, just like the rest of the yard.



One of the things I love so much about the house and yard are all the little treasures that were left for us to enjoy- the little mirror in the corner, old wrought iron bits of gate here and there for plants to climb up, and the great little metal rocker (i almost love it more because it is missing one arm rest). I have always admired this type of vintage objects adorning a yard or garden, and I am sure we will accumulate more ourselves. It just gives the space a unique charm, and of course we are always looking for ways to repurpose old things instead of trashing them!







We'll have more pictures in the next few days of some of our projects as we continue to settle in- hope everyone has a great week!