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I opened the backdoor this morning to let the dog out and was instantly discouraged. A fresh blanket of snow laid over the yard, and here I was about to let the dog mess it all up. There is something that's just...well, wrong, about messing up new snow. in BH (before Hadley) times, I could keep that snow clean and pure until it melted away. Every morning I was greeted with a pristine white lawn, nowadays it doesn't stay that way for much more than a minute if the dog gets to it. Oh well.
That backyard and me are close. Since I am lucky enough to have a garage, I rarely enter my house through the front. I literally can go weeks without opening the front door. And that sucks because I love the front of my house! I have a flat roof, but over the porch the roof is pitched and I have those great terra cotta roof tiles. I love those! In places all over the City you see asphalt singles where the terra cotta ones used to be. When I see a house like that I try and imagine what the home would look like with its original tiles and it always looks better the original way.
With as much use as my backdoor and my small little deck that gets to that door, you'd think I'd dress it up more, but nope, it stays pretty plain winter and summer. I should change that this year. Unfortunately, I'm a terrible gardener and the back of my house faces south and gets hardcore sun all day. I'm not really sure what will grow in those conditions, but this year I'll try and dress things up a bit. My neighbor has a backyard that rivals the Botanical Gardens, so I should probably step up my game just a bit.
Backdoors and detached garages...more "City things" I'm learning to love.
That backyard and me are close. Since I am lucky enough to have a garage, I rarely enter my house through the front. I literally can go weeks without opening the front door. And that sucks because I love the front of my house! I have a flat roof, but over the porch the roof is pitched and I have those great terra cotta roof tiles. I love those! In places all over the City you see asphalt singles where the terra cotta ones used to be. When I see a house like that I try and imagine what the home would look like with its original tiles and it always looks better the original way.
With as much use as my backdoor and my small little deck that gets to that door, you'd think I'd dress it up more, but nope, it stays pretty plain winter and summer. I should change that this year. Unfortunately, I'm a terrible gardener and the back of my house faces south and gets hardcore sun all day. I'm not really sure what will grow in those conditions, but this year I'll try and dress things up a bit. My neighbor has a backyard that rivals the Botanical Gardens, so I should probably step up my game just a bit.
Backdoors and detached garages...more "City things" I'm learning to love.
2 comments:
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Brick City, at
3:02 PM
I think a container garden will be a great option. I think my problem is that I don't really look at the directions that come with the plants.
I just get whatever looks pretty and hope it grows!
By
Seeing St. Louis, at
1:55 PM
I am not positive about this, but I'm pretty sure that your southern facing deck is a gardener's dream come true. My little container garden faces west and barely grows anything. Sun = plant food, so it's hard to have too much of it. You should totally start a container garden! Watching plants grow is a joy.