Weeping cherry tree gets gone

I am sure by now you heard me complain a time or two about the shrubs that were in front of the house and the weeping cherry tree that I didn't like because it was a bug magnet and I just plain did not like it!

 there we go, above photo taken when we were just starting to move plants and things down to house in 2009

 there it is again in 2010 when I got all those gorgeous rocks from the field and you can see that I have already gotten rid of the privets that were all along house below the big living room window (there were 4 of them, they were ok, but I don't like those kinds of shrubs up against the house because of all the bugs they attract

 here it is in 2011 when it's blocking my deck view

scraggley thing yet again in the fall
well, finally it's gone!! woot woot we just cut it down, had it down in 2 minutes flat HA HA

and there it AIN'T NO MORE!!!

created some level or tiers in that garden bed too with some of those rocks from farmers field

 finally a view without that thing, and the bugs are gone

 yes, mama is a happy camper, looks much better already, I was working on killing off the grass that persists in the driveway and you can see from the brown grass it's already working!
and do you see under the end of the deck, right under that blue chair on this end? Well I plan on putting up lattice under the deck, but under that blue chair I want to dig it out so I can put the dog/cat box under there first before I enclose it, they use it rarely but I want it away from all those winds and under the deck is the perfect hide-a-spot HA HA

Chestnut trees are coming down!

April 28, 2010 ~ Chestnut trees are on their way down! Finally, we can walk around the yard bare footed and not get pricked with those nasty seed pods :0) 

yuppers, it's a mess but once we get the wood all stacked and the scraps burnt, we can get the yard rake out and rake up all those seed pods with the awful pricklies on them, bare feet time!

got the fire started and it's time to burn some scrap tree branches

glad I got those field stone around the fire pit!

and lookie there, a hammock, just waiting patiently for us to get our chores done so we can relax in it. next on the list to chop down is that nasty ole bean tree blocking the lilac up there on the hillside, it's another very messy tree, I want tons of trees on my property, however I want trees that will be producing fruit that I can process and can and EAT! apples, cherries, peaches, plums and such . . .

and talking about things to eat, we love to mushroom hunt, which we did this morning before we started with the tree cutting, found some nice morel mushrooms back behind our property ~ yea buddy!

just look at those yummy shroomies!

Rocks for around pond, window painting & new strip beds

Finally we are getting some things done around here!

Remember I said when I had time I was going to go out back in the pasture field and haul home some field stone? Well I did, have now gotten enough for a fire pit, around some trees for flower beds and I built up the field stone around my pond :)

adding rocks around some trees, will fill in with a little more soil and put some hosta around there, maybe some black eyed susans too

and remember the fish pond, I have a bed full of field stone now to choose from so finished the pond rocks, and I love it, the old hand pump was my grandmothers, years ago it was in her kitchen!!

I love how it is turning out, we also ripped out those privet hedges along the house, gosh now you can see even more how steep that area is

now to concentrate on getting the window trim painted, going from brown to off white

I painted up as high as I could reach, need to get the step ladder out, but hard on that slope!

yes, I think I like the off white trim on these old windows, eventually I will have some new windows put in, ones that can open from the inside to clean, these are hard to clean!!

Scooter says "howdy"

a great picture of my nephew taken back in my grandmother's woods, he's up on top of the rocks with a view of grandma's house in the background, AWESOME!

since we are at grandma's house, if you look above where my explorer is, up there you can see the rocks my nephew's photo was taken from and  I am digging up some peony and hosta that I planted for grandma many, many years ago, since Grandma has passed, I am moving the plants down to our new home

There's my daughter, age 15, not quite ready for her permit for a few months, but let's get some practice in while we can, she did a good job, didn't plow the tree or hit the house LOL

now back at the homestead, I have 2 new flowerbed strips, the front row has now some peonies planted

and the other side end, showing the new planting strip, with some hosta from grandma's house, hubby has the ladder up there, I had said I wanted to do away with those chestnut trees because they are soo very messy, and I think it's almost time for them to come down, when hubbs gets the ladder out, I know the chainsaw is next . . .