Early mornings in the garden!

I am finished with the gardens- for now. Wow, what hard work, but it feels good to see the end result. I'm not finished; I think I'm going to expand the garden by the fence another foot and then I can put up the little white fence border. Oh- I forgot pictures of the front of the house...also a little spruced up! Anyway, the last few days have been great for gardening work, but this morning was humid. Here's some pictures and captions:

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The haze of humidity in the morning, but this is the "before" shot, kinda. It actually looked worse with the wood and weeds I just removed from there last week!

This is the rubbermaid container now holding the hideous wood that Matt cleared a few months ago...and then I put some pea gravel under this drainage area. This is the rock I'm going to place in some other areas also.

Okay, so in the early morning humidity, Aussie chose to only check up on me he never brought his entire body out! Dillon came out to sniff around and keep me company. So here is a shot of the finished garden (side of the house- shady area).

Here is another shot of the garden. It really makes this space feel warmer and not like a junk pile. The backyard's garden is along the fence line. Charlotte, my neighbor on the side of the garden, was my inspiration, she has a beautiful yard and a garden along the fence line. Her garden is a bit nicer, but I just started, so hopefully next spring it'll be much nicer. I planted some verbena's (yellow and purple), which are perennials and a deco mum in the corner. That plant is supposed to grow big! So it'll have it's own corner with lots of space. If I expand the garden, I'll probably bring the perennials forward and add some height behind them.

My deco mum, verbena, and another plant....this is my rescued duck Carol. She was in the wine shop I work at and they were going to put here away, but I decided she'd be a great addition to the garden.

A few photos with my boys, Aussis and Dillon, in the new garden!

Aussie and Dillon's "oasis", this is the corner that Aussie loved to sit in and so I decided to add some gravel (he liked the gravel in the front porch area). I also found this cute accessory "It's a dogs life"- to make sure any other pesky animal would know it's not for them to hang out in!

The boys lounging! They're so lovable...and Charlotte took this photo of me with the boys in their oasis. It's too small for me, but the perfect size for them!