We had our house built in the year 2000 in one of my husbands farm fields over looking the Mississippi River. I have been working on the yard ever since. This is what things look like so far this year.
My first blooms.



Hyacinths just starting and then a couple days later.

Here are some metal baskets that I had been wanting to paint and put in my flower beds.

Finished ready to be placed throughout the yard.

Ferris wheel bed first pic taken 4/14 second taken 4/27.


Tulips on 4/19//same Tulips on 4/27.

Here are a couple Fairy Gardens that I made this year. My friend gave me the Fairy house and a few accessories as an early birthday gift.

Here is where they are in front of the house by the walk-in garage door. I still want to make a ladder to hang over the front of the washtub. I am always adding things or taking away things.

Another Tulip and a Pasque Flower.






That's all for now until more Tulips open up or other flower bloom. Happy gardening.

Beautiful! The baskets and fairy gardens are so creative.

Jeanne-- Just beautiful and very creative. Your gardens are a job well done! Many blessings for your continued success!

Thanks Nikki and Sharon. I really enjoy my time outside. I will post more pictures as my gardens grow. I still have a lot of garden décor to put out. Not enough hours in the day or days in the week for everything that needs to get done.

Happy gardening to you!

I took these pictures today when I was out inspecting my flower beds.





Notice my clematis growing to the left of the tulips.








I need to mulch this bed someday also. There is a lot of Liatris in this bed.


I need to get the rock border finished on this flower bed and add mulch.


I wouldn't have all these weeds in this bed if I was better at mulching every fall or spring.

Pictures I took yesterday as it was starting to rain. These first 4 pics are the flag pole flower bed.


flower bed along driveway//dump rake flower bed

ferris wheel flower bed//outhouse flower bed

These next 5 are of the flower bed along the pasture



this is the flower bed behind the garage

I will continue with the other flower bed areas later.

I like the outhouse bed. Something about the time saving quality of fertilizer right where you need it! Kidding aside your gardens are lovely. The colors are fantastic. I can not wait to see more pictures as it fills in!
May blessings surround you!

Thanks Sharon. I will try to find the time to post pictures. I have so many beds and all takes time. Hopefully little by little things will get done. These next pictures are the flower bed that funs along the back yard fence.




Dwarf Iris outside the raised vegetable bed area//by garden shed.


Inside the raised vegetable garden area.


Tulips by the arbor going into the raised vegetable garden


Front flower bed along the road




I need to get a couple truck loads of mulch and put it in most beds but I want to put a rock border around the beds first but need to go collect the rocks first. One of these days I will get around to it. I finished one bed except for the rocks so I will post pictures of it later.

Here's the north side triangle bed that I worked on yesterday. I keep adding things and taking away things but it is done except for the rock border and a little mulch.


The area behind and by the garden shed will be tilled up for my pepper, tomatoes, and vining plants.