The front yard has been graded a bit (by hand, mind you), seeded with grass, and covered up with hay. So, in a few weeks it should look decent. This is from a tiny bag of grass seed we just tossed out there a couple weeks ago.
Note the redbud, you can see it framed in the center window. Neat!
The Orchard is done! Mostly, anyway. I'll probably pretty it up a little, clean out some of the scrub that's on the left towards the shack, but all the trees are in the dirt, and we've got some hay spread out over some seed everywhere else. In our fruit grove, we have:
2 cherry trees (bing/tartarus)
2 plum trees
2 pear trees (bartlett and something else)
2 peach trees (2 different kinds, forget which)
4 apple trees (1 granny smith, 1 red delicious, 2...we'll see!)
We ALSO put in a little flower/berry/veggie garden along the base of the mountain between the camper and the house. Also cut up a bunch of firewood. Here are some pix....
And we still managed to pop off a few rounds and meet some new friends.
**NOTE: I've removed the pictures of my wife and son shooting firearms because my lovely wife was afraid that in the wake of the recent spate of crazy people with guns making the news we might be associated with being crazy because we had guns (which is kind of silly to me). I personally believe the only way to keep crazy people out is to let them know that this is a house where a gun lives, but hey...no problem. Pictures are down.**
Mr Lizard was not amused when we moved his perch to start the orchard. We don't think he was amused anyway, he was playing dead and sticking to it pretty good.
Cleaned up the inside of the Appalachian Mansion (tm), here's what it looks like clean(-ish):
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