Rebooting

I believe I'm going to reboot this blog, as a way to keep a personal record of changes in the garden.

The last several years have seen a few major changes, including the creation of a new garden area, new plant additions, and some major editing of existing beds. Last summer I had foot surgery, and it was the 2nd summer of a two-summer drought, so I have enjoyed being able to garden this summer, and while the weather was nice, we have both enjoyed sitting out under the maple trees and enjoying the blooms. This summer Rob was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer, so we are experiencing the journey of chemotherapy. It is very much not fun, but the garden does bring some solace.

So, July 14th might be an odd time to start this, but I think it will be helpful to be able to look back. 

Earlier in July, we had the mudroom porch replaced.  We widened it slightly, and had a larger deck area at the bottom put in. It's nice and solid, and we're happy with it.

We were actually thinking of adding a pergola, and we had that originally priced. When we got an estimate from the first guy, we asked to break the job up, so the pergola would be done next summer. After weeks of not hearing from him, we reached out to a guy who bills himself as a handyman (Reece's Handyman Services). After seeing some of his work posted on FB, we got a (much less expensive) estimate from him, and he built this later that same week. Eventually it will silver up to the same color as the boardwalks Rob created years ago.

Next up, some new and edited gardens :-)