Rock Garden Progress

I will try and replace these photos later with better ones taken with real camera. These were using camera phone. 

Rock Garden Soil Mix

Finally decided enough digging and put the soil in. Read a lot of different "how-to's" for rock gardening and decided to do peat, sand, rocks, moisture control Miracle Gro about 1:1:1:1 ratio. Probably more peat then the others but close. 

More work inside on Rock Garden

Quite a ways to go! Can't dig right now.... hmph. 

Another view how long does it take these roses to grow by the way?

And then there will be getting some cooperation from neighbor so I can spruce up his side of easement and work on the median. 

Starting on front yard!

I planted 6 bare root double knock out roses today and started digging for the corner of the yard rock garden. I overheated before 10 am so now just going out for short bits. Here's a collage that is hopefully close to the end product since it includes plants I bought for that corner and rocks we plan to move.

Now I need a nappy nap!

Rock Garden Corner and 2 possible Entry Designs

So I went back to the front yard again and worked on the design of the entry from the opposite angle. I kept with the same design I did before on the house on the front all the way to the end. But then I saw another Arts and Crafts style Pergola entry that I also liked and thought hey everyone needs options. So I went back to older version of this design and put different entry way on. So everyone needs to vote on entry way designs.

I also decide our block could be more beautiful and I love fall foliage so as if this stuff all bloomed at once and during the same time as the trees are their brilliant fall color I "photoshopped" in new neighborhood trees and covered half the houses oops!

Here's the other entry design with far less of the front yard done. Oh and I added a fireplace to this design!

So please leave comments and tell me which one you like better just focusing on the entryway around the door.  Here they are again just focusing on doorway/entryway.



Entryway 1



Entryway 2