Well, we've had so much wet weather, we're not much farther along with the patio. However, the gardens are doing well, and we certainly don't need to water anything! These photos include a couple of coneflowers and the back garden. We've been lucky --with the early warm spring, both the roses and coneflowers are getting a bit of time before the Japanese Beetles demolish them.

We are having a flagstone patio put in, out the sliding glass doors. I'm very excited. These are a couple of photos of the rocks that will make up the patio. I'll post photos of the completed patio later.

Some more photos, taken on June 14th. One is of the front steps/wall that Rob built last year. The others are of the corner hosta bed, which I really love, and the birch tree bed.