Merikay's Haven

View from the back showing some of the perennials

Prepping the Vegetable Garden

The Shed

Japanese Maples

Clamitis on the old arbor,which is about to come down...

Clamitis and salvia

View Toward the Back Yard
The Grotto - I would like to know who built this thing...

Black Raspberries

New arbor is complete

Recycling Old Arbor into a Potting Bench

Voila - The Potting Bench


Spring 2004 - reworking the front beds: Japanese Maple, Salvia, Geranium, Dianthus, Rose Bush, Shasta Daisy
Here's the better of the 2 beds on May 22. First attempt at planting some rose bushes.
These are called 'Knock Out' shrub roses from Monrovia: http://www.monrovia.com/
Trumpet Vine on May 22. Now we wait for hummingbirds
Found this old glider on the parkway last week, fits in well with the woodland path
Meadow is off to a slow start , but this is normal- one flower so far, which I don't recognize (not counting some tiny yellow buttercups)