Yard Work! Oh My!

I worked out in the front yard just outside the front entry and oh my am I tired! Sorry about the duplicate picture. I tried to delete it, but failed. Oh well. We had the builder put in all rock. All the other houses had bark dust. I am terribly allergic to bark dust. It drives my allergies c-r-a-z-y! I like the rock and it's so easy to keep up when weeds pop up! I just check once a week and take any out! Some of the other houses liked ours and had it put in. Bark dust is nasty and has to be replace yearly. I put in brick borders to add a little color. I love yard animals, etc. and put them out there. We had them from our other house and I brought them with us. Several people have commented how cute they are! :o) I've added some new ones. If you look really hard in the bottom picture under the reddish tall plant, there is a little gnome and I also have a little frog under there too!

The scalloped brick lining the sidewalk is going on the other side of the front yard. You can't see it in any of the above pictures, but I put in that scalloped brick as a border between the lawn and the rocks. It keeps the grass out of the rocks and the rocks out of the grass!

Neil and I also finished staining the inside of the back yard fence and now we are waiting for 5 days of sun so we can do the outside of the fence on the street side. The fence has to be dry for 3 days before you stain and dry 2 days after you stain. Come on sun!