pics of garden i started last fall

we moved into our house in august last year and this is what i got done in a couple weeks.i can not wait to get back out there and finish we have the rest of the mulch in the shed :)there where 3 silver maples along this fence that we cut down,i got out as many roots as i could,but this was after ripping out all the grass with this forked hand tool...so there is still alot of roots down there.this garden will be mainly trees and shrubs just for the birds :) i still have to transplant my garden from our last home-which is mainly lilies-those i think i will make a huge raised bed for.i have spent most of the winter looking at books and nursery websites,i have a idea of what else i want.still want some pines that don't get to big but hard to find.well thanks for looking!

this is a pic before we cut down the other 2 maples,that was alot of grass-and then after decided to make the garden wider :)

some of the rootes i got out

another

along back fence

goes around to the side of the shed-i know the she needs major work.i left this garden un mulched because i think i will rearange might put some kind of flowering tree-maybe dogwood.

i plan on ripping out this bed,on side of deck.i want to plant some viburnums and seviceberry's here mainly for privacy-to close to neighboors.or could i leave the bed and plant the trees in there?

haha i made a hill with all the grass/dirt i pulled out from other garden.i know it will probaly shrink,i am sure there will be more to add to it.i plan to plant ornamental grass or maybe a waterfall on there.

the other side of house with another nice view will your eating .we plan to extend the fence.here i only have 18ft wide to work with,and i still want to be able to fit a car through to get into the back yard,any ideas?

i wanted to cut down these to elms i the back but ithink they will stay they are about 70ft tall.i may plant trees on each side of them to make it look nicer.i don't like elms,because the seed and there bark always looks sickly.

front yard-we cut down another silver maple-these trees get huge and seed and are also week.my dad had one in his front yard that was about 100ft tall just huge(my dad is way into gardening he paid $6 hundred for some pine tree that was only 3ft).well anyways i haven't really touched the front,besides planting a yellow ginko.don't really know what i want out there,gonna get rid of the currant hedge along walk way for sure!that will be fun to rip out. well thanks for looking at my pics.

here are some updates the hill of dirt looks like this now.i planted a yellow butterfly magnolia tree 1st and then bought plant after plant.seeing how my guy is korean i decided to buy plants that i thought would be in a asian garden.i will get some kind of dwarf pine (i think) for the spot in the corn that is open.i have a pump in the bowl for water movement and the birds love it,and the butterfly's love the butterfly bush-i hope it survives the winter :)one thing that sucked was all the ants that took over this hill,they were bitting me all over.there are also astilbe and ferns.i put down a weed barrier and 24 bags of mulch and 1 hour1/2 later i was ready for planting.

from the deck

another look

oh the arborvities had to go-still trying to figure out where to put those guys(4).heres some butterfly shots.

and a monarch,another one came over and i think they were fighting.

and a wierd beetle

okay heres a picture of the long garden along the back fence.the pines are dwarf's.in this garden i have the fring tree,4 dogwoods, 2 viburnums,3 hydrangae's,2 rhododendron,2 elderberry's,3 junipers,1 rose bush,4 clumps of grasses,2 honeysuckle bush's,2 honeysuckle vines,1 non climbing clemetis,4 spiraea,1 willow oh and a purple smoke bush there is quite a variety out in my yard.i wanted privacy and to attract birds.it's working i have blue jays,alot of differnt woodpeckers,cardinals,i even seen a oriole and a cedar waxwing :).wrens made homes in both of the bird houses i put up-they like my mans work.well here some pics.

here's another

from the deck in the middle is my veggie garden.those two chinese elms there gotta go there are still baby ones popping up all over.there is no grass between them because we had a brush pile ther from the 4 silver maples we cut down.you can also see where my next garden starts.

here's a pic of my flower garden.in the back i have a smoke bush,sweetshrub,3 ninebarks,2 juniper,oregon pine,3 azalea,5 weigelia,and a tamaris.flowers some astilibe,a weird fern,gayfeather,coneflower,blackeyed susan,daylilies,peonies,hibiscius alot more but don't feel like finding the spelling here some pics.this garden is for the yellow finches and butterfly's and hummers.i have seen one hummmer.now this garden will change as it grows i do want to make it wider :)i just hate digging up grass! the bees also love this garden they have made a nest in the ground by it.

here's from the front

oh how could i forget my beebalm

and my hens and chicks have taken of

oh here's the weird fern i have had this for years

heres a closer pic,the tops split into 2-3 parts.

my wren feeding the babies

her or him on the house

i can't remember the name but this is one of my favorite plants,this grass is in the long garden.it's about 3 ft and still growing.

when i get rid of the elms i'll be making a raised flower bed with all my lilies (bulbs).trying to figure out what else to put in there with them.i want color through out the year.

wow girl you've been busy. Everything looks great and seems to be thriving. Talk about a green thumb. Congrats on all your hard work.