The Play House Walls

More progress on the playhouse! On Saturday Darcy and Torrey built the walls for the playhouse.It was a little tricky working in among the wildlife!They also put up the roof. It's going to be a deck up there so the roof is just a sloping (so the water will fall off) floor.Kaitlynand Rachael helped put up the tar paper.This play house even comes with a real window that opens!Rachael and Kaitlyn are all set to move in!We'll finish the outside and put up some railings, a door and a ladder before the playhouse is finished. I think it would look great as a castle, but putting rock on the outside would be a little too pricey! Anyone got a bunch of rock siding to donate?

The Play House Floor

We finally had a sunny weekend to work on the playhouse again! (Well, a sunny Saturday, anyway.) Uncle Torrey came over and helped Darcy build the floor. They built it on the concrete forms they made last time and attached it to the trees at the back.Kaitlynand Rachael helped some, but with all the power tools being used there wasn't much they could do.Jaden wanted to get in and help in the worst way, but he's a little young still. Maybe in another dozen years or so, kid.

The PLAY House That Darcy Built

Now that the house is long finished it's time to get that play house built before the girls get too big!Only a framer would get out the transit to make sure everything lines up!We're building it in the back corner of our yard where it drops off into un-usable space. It will be ground level with possible additions to it either up or down. But for today they just got it ready for the posts.Stay tuned for more progress on the play house - weather permitting, of course!

Garden

Shock and amazement that I actually am posting something here! (I must confess, it's been so long I almost forgot what my password was!)

We just put in a vegetable garden today. I planted some peas and carrots, and am hoping the neighborhood rabbits don't eat them all before we do!Also transitioning between "tame" and "wild" on the west side. We're going to get some hostas plants from my mom today to plant here.And we're planting some more grass seed, as the yard is looking a little patchy. Hopefully third time's a charm! We're putting down more dirt with the seed this time. Cross your fingers!
A few of the plants in the front garden didn't survive the winter, so we may pick up a few other plants from Mom's too.

All Landsacped!

We've finally got all our landscaping in! (Well, except for a bit of bark mulch and a few stepping stones we need to get, but we won't talk about those.)

We put in the plants on top of the rock wall last weekend and I think it turned out rather well.

We've got a border of heather that goes down our driveway and up the neighbours' - alternating three pink and three white - and don't ask me what else we've got because I have no clue! But I think it'll do! It'll be a bit of a surprise over the next year as we find out what each plant looks like in the different seasons.

Half Landscaped...

We have half the plants planted. Well, probably more than half, but we do still need to get a few more for on top of the rock wall and around the side of the neighbour's driveway. But it's starting to look good!

Landscaping!

Thanks to Auntie Shirley's help we finally got some plants so we can finish up the lanscaping in the front yard! No, this is not where they are all going, as one side looks way too crowded and the other side very skimpy. We'll arrange them today and see how it looks. Stay tuned for the final result. And yes, we are STILL waiting for final inspection!