Our yard from 1.22.08 to 6.25.09

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above: 1.22.08
right top: 4.20.09
right bottom: 6.25.09

leafy plants and bushes

left image: Red Mill aka Pieris Japonica, Pink Delight Butterfly bush aka Buddleia davidii, hosta plants, Wild Ginger aka Asarum canadense





right image: my great-grandmother's rhubarb aka Rheum rhabarbarum and our cat Clementine (lynx point siamese)

I layer newspaper to retard weed growth and mulch to retain moisture.

We have no grass as it requires maintenance. We do very little weeding ad watering.

Spring flowers

above left: Salvia nemoroso aka Caradonna
above right:
right: Siberian Iris
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May Plants

Left: hostas, tomatoes, thyme, pepper, hot and sweet, eggplants, basil, Gohan the cat.



Right: Eastern Redbud tree aka Boton Rojo del Oriente, wild geraniums, ferns, Siberian Iris, Poppy's.

More rain catchers.
Brussel sprouts, cilantro, garlic chives, oregano, tomatoes and eggplant.

Gohan and Rhubarb

This is one of our cats, Gohan (tied up so he won't jump the fence) and my great grandmother's rhubarb handed down through splitting plants. Gohan is a large cat (11+ lbs), the Rhubarb is around 4.5 feet wide.
Also pictured is a plastic tub and 5 gallon bucket for collecting rainwater during storms so that we can add to our rain barrels. We have 150 Gallons of rain collected so far this season. Rain water is best for watering plants for a number of reasons--one being plants like the water to be the temperature of the air.

Unidentified tree

We have an unidentified tree in the front sidewalk I would like to prune. It provides allot of much needed shade to the front to our house.
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