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GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 08:30 PM Apr 2012

The latest pics of the new house.

Now that winter is over, it's time to start thinking about the huge swath of dirt which surrounds the place. I have discovered that raking compacted dirt is not fun, but I am sure I will have no regrets once we get the grass seed going.


Flower bed



Lower level flower bed



Flower beds as seen from the driveway



Husband and elder son making a trellis for the climbing rose



Ran out of lattice for the top, so it's not quite done yet. We're going to enclose the bottom of the porch in the same lattice work.



Younger son helped plant this Forsythia



...and also this dwarf Burning Bush



Prostrate Veronica, which will hopefully shore up the slope when it fills in.



Various colored cone flowers are planted here



Pot of chives. We live in deer country, so I was told to plant smelly things they don't like.



Pansies and Sweet Alyssum



Turned part of the basement into a teen hangout. I think this winter we'll add a foosball table too. (The kids are just loving the fact that they finally have a space for having friends over.)



Finally unpacked some breakables, but when we get the kittens this summer I will have to turn around and repack them. LOL



This is Charlotte. I think she is a flour sack doll, and could be fairly old.



You can see part of the pattern on her back. Whoever made her cut on the "sew" lines and sewed on some of the "cut" lines. I wonder if maybe she was a child's project?



In addition to the sweet little calico dress, she is wearing what I think is a muslin petticoat and a flannel one. Under those are bloomers, which you can see tucked away in the center of the pic. (She has no feet or hands.)


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The latest pics of the new house. (Original Post) GreenPartyVoter Apr 2012 OP
i love. i love it all. thanks for the pictures. nt seabeyond Apr 2012 #1
Thank you. :^) How are you surviving the weather? It's 50s and 60s here, but the trade off is rain. GreenPartyVoter Apr 2012 #9
i love the rain, love it so much. love love love it. lol. it was so hot again today, i was dyin' seabeyond Apr 2012 #16
Glad things cooled off for you! I am finding it a bit warm in the house for sleeping at night. Time GreenPartyVoter Apr 2012 #25
Very nice! ohiosmith Apr 2012 #2
Thanks! It's very exciting to see it taking shape. I just wish we had the money to GreenPartyVoter Apr 2012 #11
Just lovely! siligut Apr 2012 #3
Thank you. I think my boys are growing up to be pretty nice looking. :^D The cow creamer was GreenPartyVoter Apr 2012 #12
Great looking family, great looking house. If you need help moving some of those boulders call... Scuba Apr 2012 #4
LOL Poor, poor Veronica. GreenPartyVoter Apr 2012 #13
Beautiful! frogmarch Apr 2012 #5
Thank you. So far it has been wonderful being here. A very nice place to GreenPartyVoter Apr 2012 #14
Where's the elevators for the cars? zbdent Apr 2012 #6
LOL GreenPartyVoter Apr 2012 #15
My dear GreenPartyVoter! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2012 #7
Thanks, Peggy. It's going to take ages filling up that garden since we GreenPartyVoter Apr 2012 #19
Congradulations! randr Apr 2012 #8
Thanks! It's true, too. I never felt the need to post pics of our old trailer. Not much GreenPartyVoter Apr 2012 #20
Coming along beautifully! bluesbassman Apr 2012 #10
Thank you so much. :^) GreenPartyVoter Apr 2012 #21
Those look like some small smiles of satisfaction there on your boys! riderinthestorm Apr 2012 #17
Heheh. There was a lot of fussing and fuming trying to get GreenPartyVoter Apr 2012 #22
You will have a rock garden. My favourite thing!! applegrove Apr 2012 #18
If you know of any good "drapey" plants that are deer resistant, let me know? I'd like GreenPartyVoter Apr 2012 #23
Don't know the names of plants. My parents did all the gardening. We had heaps of snap applegrove Apr 2012 #24
Snap dragons are on my list. :^) GreenPartyVoter Apr 2012 #26
We also had wild strawberries growing along the side of the path through the rock garden. applegrove Apr 2012 #27
That's a neat idea! GreenPartyVoter Apr 2012 #28
Silver Pony Foot looks great hanging off ledges and pots. It's a native plant here in Texas, and... northoftheborder Jun 2012 #31
I will look into it, thanks! GreenPartyVoter Jun 2012 #32
Thanks for all of the pictures livetohike Apr 2012 #29
We are, although I have yet to really put pictures up on the wall. For some reason, we just haven't GreenPartyVoter Apr 2012 #30
Terrific! I love your breakables! cyberswede Jun 2012 #33
Yes, I believe it is Dutch, as my mom was from Dutch PA. :^) As for the breakables I think the GreenPartyVoter Jun 2012 #34
So, so very cool. Baitball Blogger Jun 2012 #35
Thanks! GreenPartyVoter Jun 2012 #36
Lovely! I am sooo impressed! kimi Jun 2012 #37
Your place is beautiful Tallulah Jun 2012 #38
There's a line somewhere between 'flower bed' and 'garden' Major Nikon Jun 2012 #39
amazing backwoodsbob Jun 2012 #40
 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
16. i love the rain, love it so much. love love love it. lol. it was so hot again today, i was dyin'
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 09:02 PM
Apr 2012

but then a huge ass storm came thru and drenched us. now it is a lovely 67

just bee u tee full.

i dont know how i am going to do this summer

well, i do. airconditioning. i just havent turned it on. i am cheap and it is only april. should wait until june.

anyway. it is a lovely home. you all are doing a terrific job. and you have a man that knows how to do stuff. my hubby does fun stuff, too. it is such a treat. and i had to giggle at your son, watching, lol. but his tree?/plant? is perfect.

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)
25. Glad things cooled off for you! I am finding it a bit warm in the house for sleeping at night. Time
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 11:31 PM
Apr 2012

to get those flannel sheets switched out!

I don't know what I would do without hubby and his DIY skills. I can do some things myself, but he's got a lot more experience than I do.

The kids did a great job. Elder was actually pretty helpful building the arch, and did some of the work himself. Younger helped me with the digging and rock removing while planting the bushes. (And a good thing because there was so much of both to be done!)

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)
11. Thanks! It's very exciting to see it taking shape. I just wish we had the money to
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 08:53 PM
Apr 2012

get everything done all at once rather than buying and planting a bush and flower every weekend or so. LOL

siligut

(12,272 posts)
3. Just lovely!
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 08:39 PM
Apr 2012

Very handsome son you have there too. A nice blank canvas to plant, oh the possibilities and oh, the work involved. The two tiered garden is already beautiful with just the rocks, it is going to be fantastic when things start to bloom.

I like your little cow pitcher; is it old? My mother had one, but I must have cracked it, I played with it so much when I was a girl.

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)
12. Thank you. I think my boys are growing up to be pretty nice looking. :^D The cow creamer was
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 08:56 PM
Apr 2012

in my parents' attic. Knowing my mother, it wasn't at all her taste, so maybe it was her mom's or another relative's? It might be from the 50s in that case, since my grandmother died in '58.

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
4. Great looking family, great looking house. If you need help moving some of those boulders call...
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 08:40 PM
Apr 2012

...middlefingermom.


And for goodness sake, help Veronica get to her feet!!!

zbdent

(35,392 posts)
6. Where's the elevators for the cars?
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 08:42 PM
Apr 2012

oh, wait a minute ... this isn't Mitt's, right?

I guess the clue would be the lady of the house actually with dirt on her clothes ...

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,308 posts)
7. My dear GreenPartyVoter!
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 08:44 PM
Apr 2012

Wow, these are great pictures! I think your garden will be really wonderful once things start blooming and spreading out.

Your sons look great...so grown up!

Thanks for updating us!

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)
19. Thanks, Peggy. It's going to take ages filling up that garden since we
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 09:12 PM
Apr 2012

are buying a plant or two a week. LOL

The boys are getting huge. Elder son is off to high school this fall.

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)
20. Thanks! It's true, too. I never felt the need to post pics of our old trailer. Not much
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 09:13 PM
Apr 2012

pride in it, as worn out as it had become.

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
17. Those look like some small smiles of satisfaction there on your boys!
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 09:04 PM
Apr 2012

You should be so proud of yourselves! Its lovely!

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)
22. Heheh. There was a lot of fussing and fuming trying to get
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 09:14 PM
Apr 2012

them out the door to participate. The smiles were worth the effort.

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)
23. If you know of any good "drapey" plants that are deer resistant, let me know? I'd like
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 09:16 PM
Apr 2012

to put something in that will lie softly on the faces of some of the boulders, tying the two levels together.

applegrove

(118,022 posts)
24. Don't know the names of plants. My parents did all the gardening. We had heaps of snap
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 09:21 PM
Apr 2012

dragons in the lower rock garden come August. They were stunning against the stone wall.

applegrove

(118,022 posts)
27. We also had wild strawberries growing along the side of the path through the rock garden.
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 11:37 PM
Apr 2012

Pretty foliage.

northoftheborder

(7,566 posts)
31. Silver Pony Foot looks great hanging off ledges and pots. It's a native plant here in Texas, and...
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 08:36 PM
Jun 2012

I think it might be deerproof. But it might not be hardy where you are. Here, it will die back some, then come back in the spring. It's silver-grey in color.

livetohike

(22,084 posts)
29. Thanks for all of the pictures
Fri Apr 27, 2012, 01:05 PM
Apr 2012

You are really getting settled in now . Thanks for showing all the progress. I can't wait to see pics of your flowers in bloom

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)
30. We are, although I have yet to really put pictures up on the wall. For some reason, we just haven't
Fri Apr 27, 2012, 01:20 PM
Apr 2012

gotten around to that.

Hopefully, I will have some decent flowers this year! (Stay away, Bambi! LOL)

cyberswede

(26,117 posts)
33. Terrific! I love your breakables!
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 08:55 PM
Jun 2012

Is that "wilkum" plate/tile Dutch? I have similar ones at my house - in Swedish, of course, but the style is familiar.

Charlotte is beautiful!

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)
34. Yes, I believe it is Dutch, as my mom was from Dutch PA. :^) As for the breakables I think the
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 09:16 PM
Jun 2012

kittens are arriving tomorrow, so time to pack things back up. LOL

kimi

(2,441 posts)
37. Lovely! I am sooo impressed!
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 09:55 PM
Jun 2012

Great that the kids get involved! And I hope the kittens don't create too much havoc LOL.

Tallulah

(209 posts)
38. Your place is beautiful
Sat Jun 2, 2012, 02:17 AM
Jun 2012

so is your boy.

Never be ashamed of where or what you come from. It got you to where you are now. Good or bad, it's part of you.

Enjoy your new home. Nice job, lots of love there.

Major Nikon

(36,814 posts)
39. There's a line somewhere between 'flower bed' and 'garden'
Sat Jun 2, 2012, 02:27 AM
Jun 2012

I'm not sure where that's at, but I think you may have crossed it.

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