Wednesday....August 6, 2014....

Today I had Firefly for a few hours while her mommy worked.  We spent the afternoon visiting the Byler family.  She had not seen Mathena all summer and they had an amazing time together.  As did Rhoda and I!  Lunch there was as always the best!  Brought her home and settled in with the dogs for a little in the late afternoon then headed to Larrys work with dinner in hand.  We ate at his place of employment then set off to the prooperty.  Lots of soil, peat moss, plants and trees in tow.  Will explain each pic here after the photo.  Home and ready to call it an evening.
Be well,
Lisa

The stone is where the cottage will sit when delivered.  The area to the left we are starting grass seed and working on it until we get the entire area done one section at a time.  The bank/hill is dry and rocky.  We are working on planting plants that love that enviroment and mulching it heavily.  The area where the patio furniture sits is a 20 x 40 foot area.  We will have a 10x40 foot addition right away and a 10 back yard area for grass.

Another view of the rear of the cottage area.

This is where we planted the six fruit trees we bought several months ago for only five dollars a piece.  We still have six more to be planted in the fall.  We will then remove all of the trees within that area and fence in the entire area for the orchard.

The is the view from where we will have the front porch.  Absolutely love it!

You cant see it yet because of the dense trees but the barn is in those woods.  We plan to clear out the woods so that they are nice to walk and look through.  Larry built me the steps into the side.  It is no where as steep as the appear to be here.  And again the rock bank/hill.  We have plans to plant more plants there with some different levels using some landscaping timbers.  We also planted grass seed there around the steps.