Yard after landscaping Those Cool House readers who follow me on instagram , Facebook or the twitters will be aware that the past mo...

UPDATE: the Angel drove me in his truck to get the Crepe Myrtle I had seen earlier this week. That's above and beyond! We have a host of...

We were so impressed with the repaired stone step that we got totally carried away with plans for the neglected north side of the yard. The...

Do you see what that is? No, not the cute dog with the dopey expression on his face. Up a bit. In the glass? That bright circle in the middl...

I was woken at 7:59 AM this morning by landscapers. Leaf blowing landscapers. On a Sunday morning. The last Sunday in December for goodness...

Today is Blog Action Day , the day when bloggers worldwide blog on a single topic and this year it's the environment. We're still tr...

South drive/Vineyard Rd border Originally uploaded by modernemama This is as far as I got dividing the hostas this week. Ten hosta...

pink rhodo Originally uploaded by modernemama . As absolutely nothing is happening in the house at the moment I thought I'd tre...

Well, most of it. These lilies are almost over and only the everlasting hydrangeas are still blooming. Except for a couple of tubs, I don...

Managed to do a temporary repair to the temporary fix on the garden gate last night. Rushed out to the Mom and Pop hardware store before it ...

rhodo Originally uploaded by modernemama . Happy Fourth of July, American friends. I'm celebrating with this photo of the rhodo...

I'm trying to decide what to do with the yard to the north of our property. It used to be fairly heavily treed with a couple of beautifu...

That's what May is for, getting ready for Summer. We got the pool open on Saturday. It took five hours to drain off the water on top of ...

front yard Originally uploaded by modernemama . Extreme gardening this week. We had to move a huge maple that was sitting on top of...

This is what I found while raking up weeds in the yard this afternoon. I rubbed my eyes a couple of times but it was what I thought it was ...

"Dora Amateis" Rhododendron Originally uploaded by modernemama . The azaleas and rhodendendrons are coming into bloom. We...

he past week has been so humid it's been horrible: grey skies, dripping trees and the occasional violent thundershower to liven things u...

As if we didn't have enough to contend with dealing with those pesky bees, now we have the concerned neighbors too. Not concerned about ...

An inspection of the trees on the property revealed that one was being eaten by termites, another had a large hole in the base and a couple ...

I know this is nothing compared to what the people in Florida have been through, but we just got whacked with 4" rain in 10 hours and g...