Our Backyard

Since we just recently had a fence put in, we've never really done anything with the backyard. We've got a huge deck and tons of space and I thought it was finally time to do something with it! I've shared a few pictures of the patio set, but here's the rest! 

It's still such a work in progress, but I'm really happy with it so far:

spearmint:

spearmint & rosemary-both need to be moved to larger containers:

citronella geranium- supposed to keep the bugs away... the jury is still out!

my puny flowerbed: definitely needs more!

my hanging basket-- I took it down to give it some more sun:

our firepit-- we're burning debris right now but it's awesome to use at night:

Jack's favorite spot to annoy our neighbors:

the crazy tree growing in the middle of the deck:

I'm making changes out here almost daily! Lots of new plants, flowers and cleaning up. But, this is quickly becoming my favorite place to hang out. :-)

I've been M.I.A. for a reason :-)

Sorry for the lack of blogging, but I've been busy! I've been working on our backyard and we've accomplished a ton in the past week. We had the sun porch re-screened, had both decks power washed, bought patio furniture, I planted a ton of flowers & started an herb garden etc etc etc Seriously, the list of projects just goes on & on. It's so fantastic to have an outdoor living space- we've eaten dinner on the deck a few nights this week. :-) I'm planning a big post on all the projects, but here's a sneak peek of our progress---
here's the new screened in sun porch:

I'm painting next week and putting in a new tile floor.
and here's the new patio set: