Xeriscaping, Ponding and other fun things to do with your husband's time!
Visit our NEW Tropical Island in the middle of Town!
OUR LITTLE FISHERMAN
- TUFF
(One zillion ways to try and kill grass when nothing works!!)
My husband, Jeff & I, have been working in
our yard for the 3 years we have lived here. It is a forever job
(especially since Jeff does all the work! ) I do help though, I tell
Jeff what to do, he enjoys hearing that from me (must be why he does most
of his work when I am not around) But I do buy plants and decide
where they will go best. We live in West Central Florida and our back
yard faces the east. There is no place like Florida to garden - year
round! If you would like to know more about xeriscaping - you have come to the right place.
Here
is Jeff - you don't see but he is standing next to the pond. There
are 2 things odd about this picture, first Jeff is standing up, he isn't
bent over digging or building, he is taking a break! The 2d thing
missing is a can of beer. Hey, a guy needs his refreshment, especially
a hard worker like him! You see, Jeff works hard all day as a construction
supervisor, usually in the hot Florida sun. Then he comes home and
works hard around here. (By the way, I work hard too, it just happens
I sit at a desk all day and put up with that stress...and then there's
my boss....he's a great guy....but a stress machine!) When I come
home, it is straight to the computer (I work all day at one, only right
I should relax at one) and for Jeff it is straight outside to work in the
yard. Same rationale.
This
is our baby - Scout (1), he weighs in at 3#s! His favorite thing
to do around the pond is to hide in the vegitation, but he does go in occassionally and we have to wrap him up fast in a dry towel, coz he shivers so much. The other day he crawled over all the rocks to the middle of the waterfall & marked it as his territory! We also have an older dog, Chantilly - she has cataracts - but still loves to be by the pond. One of the dogs' favorite things to do is to cross over the the river bed.
I know that mostly I have told you about Jeff & me (by the way, I'm Karrel - nice to meet you!
Here is a little about our ponds. More is coming!
How about wildlife - nature? Interested - come on...take a peek!
We'd love to hear from you!!
Also, if you get the inkling to know more about ponds - check out this cool newsgroup -
rec.ponds
Please sign our guestbook, I can't wait to see who stopped by!!!!
Look who's signed my guestbook!
This IPS Ring site is owned by Karrel Buckingham.
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