The Backyard Part II

Last Saturday morning, Scott and I went to our park with the express purpose of 'beautifying' it. We took big, black trash bags and latex gloves and divided to conquer. They say that Allston is the City of Broken Glass. This is true. It's probably documented somewhere that there are broken beer bottles littered all over the woodsy parts of our park! Giant rocks thrust up everywhere and have met the fate of spray paint. We picked up Fourth of July trash, old jeans, beer cans, broken glass, dog doo, left over Chinese takeout and the list gets worse. Yuck. But it felt good when we were done and we even had some dog walkers thank us.

When we got home, Scott thought it would be fun to ride our bikes over to a nearby nursery. No sooner did we arrive, than it was confirmed that we were going to plant a garden. (I hadn't yet convinced Scott of all the work I wanted to put into the backyard).

This pretty yard ornament was something like a wind chime, but made of different colored shells. The sound made when the wind blew was incredible. It resembled trickling water. I wanted one, but this one was $70! They had one that looked like a chandelier, all white, for $799.

The flowers were breathtaking.

See the little guy in flight?

We bought four green bean plants, two zucchini, two squash, six tomato, three red pepper, one basil, one sage, one mint, four impatiens, a bottle of fertilizer, and a bag of compost....and guess what we didn't have?

Um...we don't have a car anymore, so we made two trips on our bikes, very creatively. We put a tray of plants in the bottom of a trash bag and carried the bag on the side! It was an adventure.

Remember all the weeds that used to border that wall??

We finished tilling our chosen spot around 10 o'clock that night by the light of a floodlight we found in the basement. It looks fertile and inviting!

Here is the view from the top of the stairs.

Sunday afternoon, planting was as easy as 1, for our blisters, 2 for our sunburns and 3 for our bug bites and rat sightings! Ha, ha, ha!

This spot was chosen because it has the most sun all day long. I am so excited to do more. To the right, I want to mulch in a grilling area and to the left, plant a flower garden...