Spring has Sprung
Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 8:46 pm
The Castle landscaping has bloomed...
The view of the front shows off Miss Tina's careful planning.
Coral Barked Maple to the right of the deck
Red Maple to the left.
Smoke Tree in front of the deck
Roses scattered here and there.
Azaleas litter the landscape
and other nice trees and ornamentals...
The gap along the edge of the drive used to be filled with a nice wide ornamental Knockout Rose line, that was about chest high. Before the temps warmed up, we pulled them all up and tossed them. They had lasted ten years. Tina decided they had begun to look shaggy and broken so, gone. ( I am beginning to look shaggy and broken...
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The view down the drive shows you how nice and secluded the home on the ridgeline is. The view is a bit deceptive. The drive drops down, goes over a small rise then drops again, and curves a bit. It's a measured 250 yards or so... and you can just see the main tertiary road at the bottom. Fun in the winter when the snow is deep...
Twenty Five years of spreading gravel have given us a solid base however, so no major issues in wet weather in the spring or fall. 
The view of the front shows off Miss Tina's careful planning.
Coral Barked Maple to the right of the deck
Red Maple to the left.
Smoke Tree in front of the deck
Roses scattered here and there.
Azaleas litter the landscape
and other nice trees and ornamentals...
The gap along the edge of the drive used to be filled with a nice wide ornamental Knockout Rose line, that was about chest high. Before the temps warmed up, we pulled them all up and tossed them. They had lasted ten years. Tina decided they had begun to look shaggy and broken so, gone. ( I am beginning to look shaggy and broken...
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The view down the drive shows you how nice and secluded the home on the ridgeline is. The view is a bit deceptive. The drive drops down, goes over a small rise then drops again, and curves a bit. It's a measured 250 yards or so... and you can just see the main tertiary road at the bottom. Fun in the winter when the snow is deep...
Twenty Five years of spreading gravel have given us a solid base however, so no major issues in wet weather in the spring or fall. - down the drive.jpg (309.7 KiB) Viewed 5084 times
I don't hunt... But it's enough to make me want to buy a paintball gun.