{"id":247,"date":"2011-07-28T22:52:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T22:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pattiesplace.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/28\/backyard-garden\/"},"modified":"2011-07-28T22:52:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T22:52:00","slug":"backyard-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pattiesplace.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/28\/backyard-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Backyard Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe align=\"left\" frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=pattiesclassr-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=bpl&amp;asins=0743270142&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr\" style=\"align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;\"><\/iframe>We have seriously <strong><span style=\"color: lime;\">neglected<\/span><\/strong> our backyard for&nbsp;the last few&nbsp;years. We were busy remodeling a kitchen and basement and bedrooms last year and the previous years. We had to redo&nbsp;floors and paint walls and remodel in the summer. So somethings gotta give, right? <span style=\"color: blue; font-size: xx-small;\">Yeah, it was the backyard.<\/span> I just ignored it and let it grow wild! <\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-F3ZnZf73jRA\/ThiAh2YYeQI\/AAAAAAAADEk\/I293phLQb5A\/s1600\/wedding+001.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" m$=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-F3ZnZf73jRA\/ThiAh2YYeQI\/AAAAAAAADEk\/I293phLQb5A\/s400\/wedding+001.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Seriously neglected backyard terraces<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe align=\"left\" frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=pattiesclassr-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=bpl&amp;asins=B00005YX30&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr\" style=\"align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-dIFzsPl2FwU\/ThiA7Yor9TI\/AAAAAAAADFU\/4oDmHSEBkjY\/s1600\/wedding+002.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" m$=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-dIFzsPl2FwU\/ThiA7Yor9TI\/AAAAAAAADFU\/4oDmHSEBkjY\/s400\/wedding+002.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Terraced &nbsp;gardens&nbsp;&nbsp;&amp; <strong><span style=\"color: purple;\">grapevines&#8230;<\/span><\/strong>what a &#8220;before&#8221;&nbsp;mess!&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-N41ABlbwkLE\/TjHrhKSKHTI\/AAAAAAAADW8\/edOwUXWX_nM\/s1600\/backyard+fixup+001.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-N41ABlbwkLE\/TjHrhKSKHTI\/AAAAAAAADW8\/edOwUXWX_nM\/s400\/backyard+fixup+001.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Much better Backyard gardens &#8220;after&#8221; all the work&#8230;.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The backyard stairs were done about 5 years ago with flagstone. They looked really good the first year, but after that all kinds of stuff grew all around and in between the rocks and it looked awful.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-wJezH099sJM\/TjHvXfsECeI\/AAAAAAAADX8\/TZu1u3ezdQ0\/s1600\/backyard+fixup+022.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-wJezH099sJM\/TjHvXfsECeI\/AAAAAAAADX8\/TZu1u3ezdQ0\/s400\/backyard+fixup+022.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">We added Solar Fence Post Caps in copper&#8230;they light up at night&#8230;super <span style=\"color: cyan;\"><strong>COOL<\/strong><\/span>!&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>Then the neighbor&#8217;s&nbsp;cement fence post fell on it. He was going through&nbsp;some financial woes,&nbsp;so we knew he couldn&#8217;t pay to have it fixed. <span style=\"color: lime; font-size: xx-small;\">Murphy&#8217;s Law.<\/span>&nbsp;I knew there would be a reckoning day where from neglect we&#8217;d have to do all that WEEDING! And fixing! <span style=\"color: red;\">Oh&nbsp;CRAP!<\/span> Do&nbsp;I&nbsp;HATE yard work? <span style=\"color: blue; font-size: xx-small;\">Yes, I do. <\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-n1L-xIOILTg\/ThiBE7fuZPI\/AAAAAAAADFc\/naBJ8zzv6WM\/s1600\/wedding+003.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" m$=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-n1L-xIOILTg\/ThiBE7fuZPI\/AAAAAAAADFc\/naBJ8zzv6WM\/s400\/wedding+003.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">This is definitely the before&nbsp;flagstone steps&nbsp;picture!<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-szPWZnUcZ1I\/TjHxOroidhI\/AAAAAAAADYE\/4pbkAzZcOdY\/s1600\/steps+001.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-szPWZnUcZ1I\/TjHxOroidhI\/AAAAAAAADYE\/4pbkAzZcOdY\/s400\/steps+001.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Not perfect&#8230;.but definitely an improved &#8220;after&#8221; picture&#8230;.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>So&nbsp;anyway <strong><span style=\"color: red;\">THIS<\/span><\/strong> was the year we had to do it. Soooooo, &nbsp;we started on the middle terrace and pulled all the weeds and roto-tilled it, and added some soil amendment to it. Then we started our summer garden after all the snow in May melted. <span style=\"color: blue; font-size: xx-small;\">We had snow until the end of May!<\/span> We had a very late start to Spring this year!<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" height=\"305\" id=\"il_fi\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lydiagable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/garden_seeds.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px;\" width=\"360\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">gardening stuff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><iframe align=\"left\" frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=pattiesclassr-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=bpl&amp;asins=0756628903&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr\" style=\"align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7y-ecnXS0XA\/TiyLVqzyfAI\/AAAAAAAADU0\/efKu-TdchB8\/s1600\/veggie+garden+015.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7y-ecnXS0XA\/TiyLVqzyfAI\/AAAAAAAADU0\/efKu-TdchB8\/s400\/veggie+garden+015.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">tOmAtOeS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-uwZpOZd_SHA\/TiyNtTRGImI\/AAAAAAAADVc\/7HllBC2-Rjw\/s1600\/veggie+garden+005.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-uwZpOZd_SHA\/TiyNtTRGImI\/AAAAAAAADVc\/7HllBC2-Rjw\/s400\/veggie+garden+005.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: orange;\">yEllOw sQuAsH&#8230;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-7fOwL-0Bc0s\/TiyLwZogD4I\/AAAAAAAADVA\/24y_jtjYDE8\/s1600\/veggie+garden+009.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-7fOwL-0Bc0s\/TiyLwZogD4I\/AAAAAAAADVA\/24y_jtjYDE8\/s400\/veggie+garden+009.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: lime;\">GREEN zucchini<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><iframe align=\"left\" frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=pattiesclassr-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=bpl&amp;asins=1603425292&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr\" style=\"align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cAokFIXvMpg\/TiyLk_6Dm_I\/AAAAAAAADU8\/GZgJQ4fSilE\/s1600\/veggie+garden+006.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cAokFIXvMpg\/TiyLk_6Dm_I\/AAAAAAAADU8\/GZgJQ4fSilE\/s400\/veggie+garden+006.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">cHiVeS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-m5s2U1e7zOk\/TjHsG_uKDBI\/AAAAAAAADXI\/Ys3me0AS8x8\/s1600\/Bear+Lake+July+2011+001.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-m5s2U1e7zOk\/TjHsG_uKDBI\/AAAAAAAADXI\/Ys3me0AS8x8\/s400\/Bear+Lake+July+2011+001.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: red;\">First Fruits (and veggies) of the harvest&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;We planted tomatoes,<span style=\"color: orange;\"> squash<\/span>, <span style=\"color: lime;\">zucchini, bell peppers<\/span> in <span style=\"color: #274e13;\">green<\/span> and <strong><span style=\"color: yellow;\">yellow<\/span><\/strong>, onions, and beans.&nbsp; Oh and the <span style=\"color: red;\">radishes<\/span> my class did, I brought one home and replanted it.&nbsp;&nbsp;John got out all his tomato cages from the garage. And of course we had to fix like a GAZILLION sprinklers! What is up with those constantly breaking sprinkler heads? Don&#8217;t love those things. <\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-q9I8YALOdYQ\/TiyKlVlgdlI\/AAAAAAAADUs\/rmmxOSmloP4\/s1600\/veggie+garden+001.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-q9I8YALOdYQ\/TiyKlVlgdlI\/AAAAAAAADUs\/rmmxOSmloP4\/s400\/veggie+garden+001.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">aPpLeS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\">We had put in lots of fruit trees years back and they are finally starting to produce&#8230;.not lots of stuff mind you&#8230;maybe a dozen fruits per tree&#8230;.but it&#8217;s yummy and very fascinating to watch those trees just do their &#8220;thang&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/--FznlPh_gC4\/TiyPfRcnO6I\/AAAAAAAADVk\/Fx0PZXCI-js\/s1600\/veggie+garden+017.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/--FznlPh_gC4\/TiyPfRcnO6I\/AAAAAAAADVk\/Fx0PZXCI-js\/s400\/veggie+garden+017.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">gRaPeS&#8230;.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><iframe align=\"left\" frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=pattiesclassr-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=bpl&amp;asins=0756658896&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr\" style=\"align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yTsr8Qeuuw\/TiyKwpjRhdI\/AAAAAAAADUw\/bvJlhw_lS5Y\/s1600\/veggie+garden+010.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yTsr8Qeuuw\/TiyKwpjRhdI\/AAAAAAAADUw\/bvJlhw_lS5Y\/s400\/veggie+garden+010.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: orange;\">aPrIcOtS<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white;\">We also have an apple tree, a peach and nectarine tree and an apricot tree.&nbsp; None of them ever have done really well except the apple.&nbsp; I think our soil is just too sandy. &nbsp;We have a pond in the backyard too and it looked just dreadful and it was clogged and yucky.&nbsp; So we had to redo that too.&nbsp; And neither one of us&nbsp;are &#8220;garden&#8221; people.<\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZUz_S4pfHLo\/TjH3IcbFiSI\/AAAAAAAADYU\/87YHckrAqvo\/s1600\/backyard+fixup+023.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZUz_S4pfHLo\/TjH3IcbFiSI\/AAAAAAAADYU\/87YHckrAqvo\/s400\/backyard+fixup+023.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Ya gotta have some wind chimes&#8230;..<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;We are lazy weeders. &nbsp;I just want it to look good and I want to have fresh veggies&#8230;&#8230; and beautiful things everywhere&#8230;.but&nbsp;I don&#8217;t want&nbsp;to worry about it!<strong><span style=\"color: #38761d;\"> <span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">I don&#8217;t ask for much do I?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-f-7s2AI-2ws\/TiyMsuidx-I\/AAAAAAAADVI\/YmMxmnWWyG4\/s1600\/veggie+garden+013.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-f-7s2AI-2ws\/TiyMsuidx-I\/AAAAAAAADVI\/YmMxmnWWyG4\/s400\/veggie+garden+013.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #674ea7;\"><strong>Lilly pads<\/strong><\/span> in our backyard pond&#8230;.and we add 30 <span style=\"color: orange; font-size: large;\"><strong>goldfish<\/strong><\/span> too&#8230;.There are about 7 left&#8230;.but they are BIG now! <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-0UAG_6idvhU\/TiyM7l7kydI\/AAAAAAAADVM\/0uT9J8CDN5A\/s1600\/veggie+garden+012.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-0UAG_6idvhU\/TiyM7l7kydI\/AAAAAAAADVM\/0uT9J8CDN5A\/s400\/veggie+garden+012.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">We added <strong><span style=\"color: #0b5394; font-size: large;\">flowers <\/span><\/strong>under the deck for he first time too&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><iframe align=\"left\" frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=pattiesclassr-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=bpl&amp;asins=0881925349&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr\" style=\"align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z76RBD7c6ps\/TjHu4i-mGSI\/AAAAAAAADX4\/lQvtYaQYhkM\/s1600\/backyard+fixup+010.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z76RBD7c6ps\/TjHu4i-mGSI\/AAAAAAAADX4\/lQvtYaQYhkM\/s400\/backyard+fixup+010.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">The <span style=\"color: magenta; font-size: large;\">hydrangeas<\/span> should do well in all the shade that is there&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-W_kgC6exFxk\/TiyNGv_lKqI\/AAAAAAAADVQ\/b68mWccOKfQ\/s1600\/veggie+garden+019.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-W_kgC6exFxk\/TiyNGv_lKqI\/AAAAAAAADVQ\/b68mWccOKfQ\/s400\/veggie+garden+019.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">The garden looks a WHOLE lot better here in the after picture&#8230; we&#8217;ve got <strong><span style=\"color: red; font-size: small;\">tomatoes<\/span><\/strong> too!&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>We repainted the deck. <span style=\"color: blue; font-size: xx-small;\">It was quite a sight! We used that new RESTORE paint. <\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-aD1u7goA_NE\/TiyQNibhXMI\/AAAAAAAADVo\/7gKCwnEW3Mc\/s1600\/summer+remodeling+001.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-aD1u7goA_NE\/TiyQNibhXMI\/AAAAAAAADVo\/7gKCwnEW3Mc\/s400\/summer+remodeling+001.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Johnny painting the deck after I pressure washed it&#8230;what a stud! <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Jo9t7Wb7wMM\/TjH5XhnaSWI\/AAAAAAAADYc\/7D7gaPe487o\/s1600\/backyard+fixup+004.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Jo9t7Wb7wMM\/TjH5XhnaSWI\/AAAAAAAADYc\/7D7gaPe487o\/s400\/backyard+fixup+004.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Here&#8217;s how it looks now&#8230;.its fun to go out and BBQ again! Woopie!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--6SfDn5JaHc\/TjH5pu6cJAI\/AAAAAAAADYo\/WPYHekVhv28\/s1600\/backyard+fixup+020.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--6SfDn5JaHc\/TjH5pu6cJAI\/AAAAAAAADYo\/WPYHekVhv28\/s400\/backyard+fixup+020.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the other end of the deck where we hang out to tan. My doggie Bruce likes to hang in the shade with us.&nbsp; We filled a cooler with cokes and&nbsp;it&#8217;s fun to &nbsp;read in the lounger&#8230;..oh yeah&#8230;.the life of the summer-off teacher&#8230;.LOL<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-M8MEgAOLiq4\/TjH6vw_scPI\/AAAAAAAADY0\/wHzGBqGFnZs\/s1600\/backyard+fixup+019.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-M8MEgAOLiq4\/TjH6vw_scPI\/AAAAAAAADY0\/wHzGBqGFnZs\/s400\/backyard+fixup+019.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: magenta; font-size: x-small;\">I got some tiny chairs for my 3 grand kiddos too&#8230;<\/span> when they come over&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;We fixed up a place down by the jacuzzi for seating too.&nbsp;&nbsp;It&#8217;s suddenly become a fun place to hang out again!<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-lXSVgvClcXk\/TjHs38tFDqI\/AAAAAAAADXU\/3VEcIiZ8rFw\/s1600\/backyard+fixup+007.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-lXSVgvClcXk\/TjHs38tFDqI\/AAAAAAAADXU\/3VEcIiZ8rFw\/s400\/backyard+fixup+007.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Under the deck by the jacuzzi&#8230;colored green and blue motion-detection <br \/>lighting at night made it more inviting! <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-zXJOMNDSOPk\/TjHtVtPfW6I\/AAAAAAAADXg\/pvCFwSsHgwc\/s1600\/backyard+fixup+018.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-zXJOMNDSOPk\/TjHtVtPfW6I\/AAAAAAAADXg\/pvCFwSsHgwc\/s400\/backyard+fixup+018.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">looking up from lower yard to the terraces and apple tree&#8230;.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-vJhhbNAp_J4\/TjHtpk_15QI\/AAAAAAAADXo\/yIOKATwokOM\/s1600\/backyard+fixup+017.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-vJhhbNAp_J4\/TjHtpk_15QI\/AAAAAAAADXo\/yIOKATwokOM\/s400\/backyard+fixup+017.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">lower yard&#8230;a fun place to lay out and tan&#8230;.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-CXvFjJI_s9U\/TjHz9nla7rI\/AAAAAAAADYI\/DrvMEc1IOi8\/s1600\/backyard+fixup+021.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-CXvFjJI_s9U\/TjHz9nla7rI\/AAAAAAAADYI\/DrvMEc1IOi8\/s400\/backyard+fixup+021.JPG\" t$=\"true\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s fun to see pay dirt on all our hard work&#8230;.now it&#8217;s fun to go outside again! <br \/>I think we figured out the secret&#8230;.just to do a little bit every few days&#8230;it was discouraging at first&#8230;.but seeing it get better over time&#8230;(and still a ways to go) has been very rewarding.&nbsp; And maybe&#8230;just maybe I&#8217;m not such a <span style=\"color: #20124d; font-size: large;\"><strong>black thumb<\/strong><\/span> after all! <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><img align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/signatures.mylivesignature.com\/54489\/84\/52DF516F6DB76EE398EF303B60079B65.png\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have seriously neglected our backyard for&nbsp;the last few&nbsp;years. We were busy remodeling a kitchen and basement and bedrooms last year and the previous years. We had to redo&nbsp;floors and paint walls and remodel in the summer. So somethings gotta give, right? Yeah, it was the backyard. I just ignored it and let it grow&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pattiesplace.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/28\/backyard-garden\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[255,254],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pattiesplace.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pattiesplace.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pattiesplace.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pattiesplace.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pattiesplace.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pattiesplace.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pattiesplace.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pattiesplace.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pattiesplace.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}