Man! My hands are rough!!!!!!

Mother's Day came early for me this year. We were able to yank out two overgrown yews to make room for this dogwood and added a kitchen herb garden. slowly, the ledge will be taken over with 3 cubic yards of woodchips and filled in with divisions made from the front garden.
I believe you can click on any of these photos to get a bigger look........








The photos below are all from one corner of the front garden to the north east facing south. This garden is 145 feet long north to south. I get eastern morning sun and a touch of late afternoon western sun with full canopy. My canopy consists mainly of red and white oaks, hickory trees, red & white maples and dogwoods.














This garden photo below started out as a fern garden with several varieties of ferns. Over the years I've added two different kinds of ginger, variegated Solomon seal and hepatica. I have one SO VERY dry spot in the back corner right up against the house were I store our vacation rocks. Last year I found this Japanese Holly Fern (Cyrtomium falcatum) and thought it was the perfect fern to put in that corner. Sadly it never returned. I hope to try it in another spot again this year if I can find it locally..