The mess I call my backyard.......(pics)

18 years ago

One of many "new" limbs down...

Poor Eddy and Ivy she is not in pic but they can't see in the tall grass

The grass and weed take away from my pretty flowers

And the stream is really bad

Stacy

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Mickey15
18 years ago
looks like some work Stacy, but your property is beautiful! I love your stream!
grinch_gut
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18 years ago
Thanks Tammy we love it but man I got my work cut out for me right now! Stacy
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Thanks to all for the compliments! I've just started piddling with things. Here in my corner of the world, you're not supposed to plant anything before Mother's Day. The rusty trees are ones I bought. They're made with a Plasma Welder (whatever that is). Now, I see that I should have a "rust & rock" area there. I'll take off the painted things from the bush stump behind the rock wall, and start looking for rusty things to staple onto it. That area is "for the birds" literally. Since some of the fallen birdseed sprouts, I don't want a lot of plantings there. The bowling ball is a WIP with glass rocks and bb's. Hope it will look good in the sun when I get it done. I didn't know whether to try a link to Photobucket or try the thumbnails. I may mess around some more and give you another look! ;-)
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haley45: Thanks for your kind words. trailrunner: Caroline, yes obviously I go for the tropical look. If a plant doesn't have that exotic, tropical look about it, I usually don't buy it. I'm sure those who like a more structured, well designed landscape think mine looks like an overgrown, out of control mess, but I love the dense, jungle-like appearance. Always room to squeeze in one nore plant..LOL. The green bananas are Musa 'basjoo' & the one with the reddish tint in the 4th & 5th pic is Ensete 'maurelii'. The basjoos are heavily mulched & left in the ground. The Ensete is cut back, dug & stored bare root in my garage. The palms are windmill (Trachycarpus fortunei), sabal minor, sabal palmetto, sabal birmingham, needle (Rhapidophyllum hystrix), and pindo (butia capitata), all very hardy here when established.
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at last, a pic of the birds that make a mess of my feeder
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rsangel64 - I have a bunch of squirrels around that want the seed too but at this point they are doing me a favor by eating the stuff off the ground that these finch slobs fling everywhere. If the squirrels get up on the feeder, then they will be dealt with. Soooo... maybe scatter something the squirrels can eat off the ground which will perhaps keep em off the feeders. Cindy, I too have a family of cardinals which come several times a day, pretty much at the same times too. They seem to be pretty good about sharing THEIR feeder with the finches and bluejays. The mockingbirds eat apples I put out there for em. The doves dont seem to bother anyone, they just hang out the longest. I never used to have birds out back, but thanks to all the folks showing off their backyard feathered friends I was determined to see if I could attract em too. Sooo far sooooo good. Marion, try the big K or Tarjet. I looked online at petS and their cost was double! Seeing as you are into sewing, make one and just buy seeds. That would be the BEST thing. I bet yours would be WAYYYYYYY fancy and the birds would love em.
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I will call him Fluffy and he will be my Fluffy' PICS!!
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LOL.Nate, I totally tried that one this year when I saw how many seedlings survived and wondered where I was going to put them all. They didn't want to give me the key to their gate, which is totally fine. Its hard enough to find privacy here in Queens, so I won't begrudge them. (In fact, this is the only place I've ever lived where I'll come home and find groups of people or teenagers having dates in my garden, like its a public venue. Glad that they're enjoying, but it's really akward (" umm, excuse me, but may I use my yard now?) Lol Maybe I'll give the unfortunate red one another go next year, everyone but Christine is feeling so sympathetic. Lol ;) LNS is planted in a tall cylindrical pot, so that may be why it looks taller, I realize, but I do love how it blooms in fountains like that. :)
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sooey
18 years ago
Some stuff to pick up but, stuff happens. It looks like a job I would love to be outside doing. Have fun! It will look great when it's all finished!

sooey
glenda_al
18 years ago
Let's see the AFTER when you are finished :o)
grinch_gut
Original Author
18 years ago
That may be months Glenda...LOL It is all clouded up and we are supposed to get more storms I dont even know when it will dry out enough to mow but at least right now I can weed and since it is so wet they pull up sooo easy! I love doing it too sooey I just wish it was sunny out! Stacy
bigack
18 years ago
Stacy, you work too hard, you just had surgery, so please take it easy!!!
grinch_gut
Original Author
18 years ago
I promise to be careful bigack thanks for thinking of me. My mom already called and hollered at me.....but I am okay......Stacy
brenda_in_tx
18 years ago
Oooh look at those pretty pink flowers ....... your land looks so nice! Do you see a lot of wild critters around there? What about birds? DH and I love looking at wild birds.
tannatonk23_fl_z9a
18 years ago
Your property is beautiful Stacy and knowing you it will be whipped into submission in just a few days! lol!!! Prom time already? Gosh where does the time go? Let's see Syd's dress. Is Tanner going too or is he not quite old enough. Our KT kids seem to grow up so fast!

~Betsy
grinch_gut
Original Author
18 years ago
Got all the little flower beds in the back weeded....and the big one almost...fixing to start on the pond big big chore. I thought Brian was going to come in tonight but now they need more data from here so who knows...he will drive in to see Sydney saturday and then looking like he will have to go back....Mo has sucked us in we are never getting out of that state. I posted a pic of her dress awhile back tannatonk let me see if I can find it....if not you have to wait til saturday LOL.....No tanner is not old enough he is just 14.....thanks everyone for saying my land is beautiful we do love it out here....I just wish they would have built our house back more by our cliffs it is to die for out there.....Stacy
grinch_gut
Original Author
18 years ago
I can't even attempt to mow ours it is horrible....wet but maybe we won't get any rain tonight and since it has not rained since this morning maybe it will dry out by tomorrow....Stacy
oldrustybucket
18 years ago
I don't see mess,,,,I see POTENTIAL! If you wanna see mess, come for a visit...and it's not only in the back...it's everywhere that a vehicle can stop along the drive and around the house...seriously!
jannie
18 years ago
You certainly have lots of work to do, wish I could help. Your stream does NOT look bad.
junkyardgirl
18 years ago
Mine looks worse, and I don't have a pretty stream.

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