That definitely is some green grass Molly. Our yard is a repository for endangered plant species (i.e. all weeds; lol) but it does stay green all year long literally (most of my neighbor's years turn brown). Only advantage Winter has is the grass doesn't need mowing, but does so by February (I use to be able to wait until the last week of March but our Winter has been awesomely mild this past year; so has our Spring with all kinds of rain (but a few more then warm enough days, but the flowers are flourishing and the grass (well plants) are all green). Looks like Springs made a comfortable place in O' Canada too.

Our yard is mostly mowed weeds, too! But it's amazing that if you keep mowing weeds, it turns into mostly grass. Not the nice "lawn" grass, more like crabgrass, but grass, nevertheless.

This is one of my fav pics of part of our property...

These show the back yard from the area in front of the pond...Hubs built raised beds, best investment ever!!!

Very cool 2-ton, raised beds sound like a good idea to keep the water from running down the hill.

they are a GREAT idea to keep the weeds down. You do have to make sure they get enough water when it doesn't rain much, but they are so much easier to care for than just tilling up an area of the ground.
I tried to take a pano photo using U-scape-it on my phone but it didn't work all that well and there is no way to link to it except by email or facebook. grrrr.

Yes and in some places where your garden runs down hill, the rains usually run off before they soak in. That is a good way to combat that problem.

It would definitely be easier to do a few raised beds than try to terrace the slopes!

I really like raised beds for intensive gardening. I made mine out of landscaping timbers so I could sit on the edge when I worked on the gardens.

Some of the critters that visit my backyard



some videos

I used to have deer and rabbits at my old house in Durham, NC. I lived against a forest. There was a bunny nest that popped up one day in the "driveway" (flat patch of grass). I ended up just designating a new parking spot.

My new house doesn't even have a backyard. It's on a corner lot and is covered with buildings.

I do have a fountain, though

The previous owners neglected it, and some of the plumbing has rusted. When I turned it on, it shot a stream of water clear into the neighbor's yard. (yellow sign in the distance)




I did buy the tools to restore it, though. It could look very nice one day, especially if I get some lighting into that frame.

nice guys, alc59, I love the one with the bear raiding the bird feeder,

I would love to live where you do Alc. I love wild animals and all we get round here are urban foxes.

Great backyard, Molly!! I'll have to admit that mine, what little of it there is, looks more like your neighbors (with the addition of a broken down bass boat making it even more of an eyesore).

Thank you Tux, but you have a lot of beautiful trees with blossoms that we don't have here. I have driven through the Carolinas several times in the early spring and the blossoms are breathtaking. Dogwoods, Cherry blossoms and several others.