Continuing progress in the backyard

Fred has built a pea trellis. We had one in Bremerton that he made out of wood. This one is PCV pipe. Well he painted it the same color as our block wall because it was WHITE!

We live in a very "manicured" neighborhood. Here we have sidewalks, the neighborhood is completely square and streets are Brigham Young style, every home is built by the same builder so somewhat uniform in shape, style etc....All the yards are fenced in with a brick wall like ours. The majority of the brick fences have a gate closure from the house to the side yard between homes. We don't. So from the street you can see straight into our back yard. Fred wanted the house built to the side of the lot so the end where the garden is at is the end that is most open to the street.

So from the street you look right on to this big edifice - well in Bremerton where it is somewhat rural I think the look is acceptable, but in our neighborhood it is somewhat kind of an eyesore. I wouldn't be surprised if we are in violation of a neighborhood ordinance.

None the less, it is constructed very well.

We will probably plant bush peas next year.

The area closest to the fence is where we plan to plant fruit trees.

Fred is retired so this is his new job. Doing stuff in the yard....so I've decided that it will always be in process. I mean what will he do all day if it is ever Done?

 Here are the little peas beginning to grow.

He is only planting in one of the garden boxes this year. I honestly don't know what we will do if we ever harvest veggies from both boxes. Holy Cow - that seems like a lot of vegetable growing area.

 Fred placed these stepping stones by hand. He doesn't use any measuring tools that I observed.

I don't know how he even comes up with the idea. It really looks amazing.

There is more pathway in the backyard, but it is not complete yet.



This weekend we sprayed all the dust off our patio picnic table and put a plastic table cloth on it with picnic table clips. Now we can eat out there before it gets too hot!

I am at peace about the back yard. I've actually been going outside when I get home from work when Fred is out there still puttering around. I can enjoy how beautiful the lawn is now and what is complete does look really nice. We will have bushes and trees one of these days.

Super cool hat.