Lawn Gnomes.

My hubs and I spent the evening digging in the dirt...literally.

For awhile now we have been wanting to fix up our backyard. One of the things we enjoyed most about our old house was the backyard. However, when we moved into our current home, the yard was not very well taken care of. Basically it was bunch of grass clover, dirt, and overgrown shrubs. Not a flower bed in sight. It was in  definite need of some TLC you could say.

Over the past few months, we have done quite a bit to the yard.

We have ripped out all the overgrown weed plants along the back fence line, grew some grass, added lattice to the patio, planted a bunch of trees, dug in two stone walkways, decorated the patio with some furniture and a rug, and put out some hanging and potted plants. You can see some of that here.

With the weather so nice in KY lately, we spent the evening creating a flower garden. Finally..., some color, some plants, YAY! Check our our work below!

 

Before photo...notice the bare spot to the left below the windows.

We had a rough idea of how we wanted the bed to look. Don't laugh... I am always drawing out ideas and things on scratch pieces of paper. The hubby thouroughly enjoys making fun of me for this.

We got a bargain when we went shopping for plants...half of what we purchased was 75% off so the majority of the plants were $5 or less! Is that even possible?!

The finished product, a flower garden full of colorful plants. Ten different types and the best part is they are all perenials, so they are here to stay. I can't wait to see them grow and bloom next year!

We are super happy with how everything has turned out.

Cannot wait to grill out on the patio, start up the fire pit, play some corn hole, and relax outside!

Now all we need is a couple lawn gnomes, dont you think? ;)

Spending some time outside.

With how nice it has been lately, hubby and I have been out working in the yard. Take a peak at how things are looking so far...its been a lot of work and we aren't quite finished yet but are definitly almost there!

Back yard before. 

Back yard now so far.

Thank you Dad for clearing out all that mess!

Shrubs for privacy along the fenceline.

View from the backyard...we are getting there.

 

Peep hole..hello!

The cleared out back fenceline with a new tree.

        Ugly cable box.

         Covering up the ugly cable box. 

           

Back patio before.

Back patio now.

Some chairs, new doormat, and patio rug.

 
Mandevilla growing up the trellis.
Daylillies lining the back of the house.
Stone path to side gate.

A couple side tables.

Hanging ferns on the side of the back patio.

Brick walkway...nice work hubby!!

Potted herb garden..yum!

Worn Out.

Hubby and I after a day in the yard!



April 15.2012: A Stop on the Bourbon Trail.

Today we took a trip to Four Roses Distillery in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky.

This is the third distillery on the bourbon trail that we have toured, the other two being Woodford Reserve and Buffalo Trace.

The weather was perfect and it was really interesting to see how this distillery is so different from the others we have visited.

Hubby even enjoyed a few samples of their

delicious bourbon too!

For those of you who don't live in the bluegrass state, you are really missing out.

But don't feel bad...heres some pictures to make you feel like you were one the tour with us :) 

                       
 



Tuesday April 3 2012.

It's been awhile, I guess that is what happens in Kentucky when the most talented group of college guys WIN the NCAA championship!! Eight national championships...so happy and proud to say I am a University of Kentucky alum! Go cats!

I wanted to share some pictures from today. My parents, myself, and my neice C took a quick road trip to visit hubby at his work. I have to brag a  bit because I think Hubby has a pretty awesome job. He is one of the account managers at Color Point LLC, a greenhouse located in Paris Kentucky that supplies to vendors in the KY, TN, GA, VA, and IN area. One of their biggest vendors around this area is Lowes. If you purchase any plants from there, especially this time of year, check the label-chances are they are grown by Color Point.

I kid you not, this place is huge! Like you-need-a-small-vehicle-to-get you-from-one-end-of-the-greenhouse-to-the-other huge! The amount of high tech equipment makes you feel like you are in an episode of the Jetson's. Inside the glass walls, people and machines move like clockwork to make every single seed and plug grow into picture perfect plants. I have no clue what all the fancy bells and whistles are or do, and hubby would laugh at me if I tried to explain it all, so I will just get to the pictures.

                   Color Point, LLC

           Last year, before the expansion...


          This year after the expansion.


  On property water system that delivers water
            for use in the greenhouse.


  This robot takes tiny little leaf-looking plugs
 and plants them into plastic trays that are then  tagged and taken out into the greenhouse to grow.

         
   Tiny little babies newly planted by the robot.

Me and C, she was so excited to go visit 

Uncle Kevin at the "flower house." 

When you look up you see automatic pulley systems  that move each basket down the line to ensure adequate watering.

C looking at all the colorful flowers.

Flowers and plants loaded on carts ready to be shipped by the truckloads to various vendors.

Rows and rows...and rows, of flowers.

Reminds me of the huge fields of flowers in

'The Wizard of Oz.'

All the bright colors!