The backyard is not nearly as interesting or as pretty as the front, but it got some work done to it as well. (Sorry about the underlining, not got sure why it is here and can't get rid of it.) Below is an area that was previously filled in with pinestraw. It was quite ugly and annoying, I was always bringing pinestraw in the house. I added some cement stones for my grill to sit on and then filled the rest in with different size river stones. I was originally going to do an elaborate add on which some beautiful stone, but it was going to cost me several hundred bucks and I just don't have that to spend on a 4 x 6 area at this point in time. For now, this totally works for me and it looks better than the picture shows. It is a weird angle and so difficult to get a good pic.
Below is another difficult area to work with. There aren't any gutters on the townhouses and this section of the yard is always flooded when it rains. Combine that with red clay and it just isn't a pretty picture. I am hoping that by planting my wildflowers in pots this year, instead of just trying to grow them in the awful red dirt, that I will get some results. Hopefully in 2 weeks I will have some luck. I generally have a black thumb, but I am going to try really hard this year to get these flowers growing. My parents have some plants that I might be able to transfer to this spot in the fall, only time will tell.
The prettist thing in my backyard by far are these dogwood blossoms. Aren't they beautiful? I love looking outside at the trees and watching the birds eat from the feeders. It makes for such a relaxing day!
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