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Colorado garden

This was my first home I bought in 1998.

I learned a lot through trial and error...

but mostly error!


March 2002

A history of the landscape and how it has come to be.

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The hardest thing I have found about the garden so far is Puppy proofing --


We have a sweet but rambunctious girl. She has eaten all the shrubs I planted last year and leaps small fences in a single bound. With no place puppy-free I have quite a challenge ahead of me.

 our pup
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The Front Yard

Challenges
  • Contaminated Soil
  • Overgrown Walkway
  • Shallow Tree Roots

 Original Front

Front yard when I purchased home.

Accomplishments
  • Stepping Stone Walkway
  • Rose Bush & Lattice
  • Various bushes along front edge of house.

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The Back Yard

Challenges:

  • Crab Grass
  • Patchy Turf
  • Improper Grading around House
  • Lack of Privacy
  • Lack of Intersting Vegegation
 Backyard beforeBack Yard when I purchased the home.-- A neglected yard.

Accomplished:

  • Small Herb and Vegetable Garden -- Imagine with green fencing around it!
  • A small semi-circular flower garden near garage.
  • Larkspur Garden. Not doing well
  • Extended Patio for barbeque

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