My New 'Old Home' Adventures

With all the landscaping I've been doing, I've also been spending a lot of time struggling with the hoses at the front and back of the house..  Finally decided this weekend to solve that issue by building two hose mounts near both exterior faucets.  One I made using an extra fence post and a plastic hose hanger I had out in my barn.  I simply dug a hole, sunk the fence post and then mounted the hanger with screws.  Took about 15 minutes to finish the whole project.  Since the post sits behind my grill and is tucked away, it doesn't bother me that is kind of rustic looking. For the mount at the front of the house, I wanted something that looked a little nicer since it would be right by my front entrance to the house.  I went to my local Home Depot and found two choices for my post.  First was a decking post with a decorative top for about $15 but I went with my second choice, a 4x4 6' pressure treated post for about $6.  I figured for the price savings, I could a

I just have to say that I absolutely love landscaping.  I'm not really a gardener but I love nothing more than planning, researching, buying and installing shrubs and trees.  Having lived in several homes, I've been lucky to have done quite a bit of this in my life and I love the process.   Although I've been in my current home for five years now, other than a small bed around the patio that I installed, I've not done any work on the landscaping.  Having a small farm with horses, improving the fields was more of a priority than the yard or landscaping.  Now that my fields are lush and growing and my herds has dwindled to two small donkeys, I felt the landscaping calling out for attention. Patio after install The previous owners had done a nice job around the front foundation but several azaleas are dying out and needed replaced. Since I love knowing the species and varieties, I was thrilled to find a diagram done by a local company who designed the landscape plan