Saturday, May 16, 2009

HGTV Seattle Style

When the weather is nice in Seattle, people come from out of nowhere. It is like a holiday b/c we are so sun deprived. Raul and I had this great idea to build a seating area for our back patio. We also wanted to dress up the backyard a bit with some bigger bushes. So hope you enjoy some of our HOME improvements.

Me, digging a trench for the lattice. Notice I still have my sweatshirt on....Its May!
Ah....so pretty and clean. In the corner we planted a honeysuckle vine that is doing really well and the purple plant is a salvia. She is cute!

About the first of May we went to a plant sale and got a strawberry plant(Sally) and a tomato plant (Tommy). We were keeping them safe and warm until we could figure out what we wanted to do with them. Raul suggested planting Tommy upside down. Doesn't he look healthy?
All the blood is rushing to his head.
Backyard before Raul went to work on it.

Preparing the planter box.
Planting some flowers.
So close!
Instead of helping, Wilson decided he was going to sit in the car and watch out the front window. I came back twenty minutes later only to find him snoozing.
Obviously our biggest helper....Suggie.


Masterpiece! Great job Raul. We have a few more finishing touches but I would say we are about 75% complete.

4 comments:

Andy and Michele said...

Wow, Raul's quite the handy man! That's so nice! Your yard is looking great. I just can't imagine jeans and a sweatshirt in May. IT IS SO HOT HERE!

Summers Family said...

Wow! Looks awesome... I can't wait for all our project to be doneI That grass looks amazing compaired to all my beautiful brown AZ dirt!

Unknown said...

How fun! Your sitting area looks awesome!!! And your trees/plants, good job! I can't wait to have a house to do projects on.

Jaree said...

hey audra, I was excited when I saw your blog. I'm just starting to get the hang of it. We just re-landscaped our backyard. ill have to post pictures! Hope to keep in touch!

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