Ooh, what a pretty maltese on the flag and my, what a huge yard.
I love the daylilies too.. in fact love all th 'old-fashioned' flowers that I recall in our yard as a kid like lilacs, forcythia sp?, Rose of Sharon ( found the hummingbirds LOVE these so have several around the yard and don't have to bother with the feeders. We're pretty 'country' but only 5/10 mile into town. Surrounded by farm so I like to have the yard have a 'casual' but 'controlled' feel....the 'controlled' is the hard part! LOLLove the maltese flag and your yard is so pretty!! I love the old fashioned day lillies.......my yellow ones are blooming now. They remind me of my grandmother's yard. I could not find the orange so I bought the yellow from a lilly farm called O'lallies or something like that.
I see the babies running and playing in the background....such a beautiful yard!!!
Oh I love a natural looking yard just as much as one with formal landscaping. Really depends on the setting and the house. So why is it that your weedy yard looks green and lush and my weedy yard has taken on a yellow and white hue due to the weeds that produce teeny tiny yellow flowers and clover.:angry: I've not found anything to kill the weeds really well that's not toxic. I had read about cornmeal, but didn't get it down in time. Also don't know if that would work in grass. It said to put it in a spreader and spread on the top soil. So maybe they are thinking really large gardens. Sure wish I had your weeds.Thank you all for the lovely compliments on my yard. It's rather 'primative' with very little 'formal landscaping'... but I love that type atmosphere. I do find it very 'serene' and though not 'fancy' it's my little "haven". LOL
We have more crabgrass and clover in the yard than grass but we gave up long ago. The nearby fields give a continuous 'feeding' of the weeds on a windy day....one good thing is ...in a draught ,our lawn still stays nice and green! LOL weeds don't mind draught! LOL
We live in Pleasant Valley does that sound familiar?,,,,though I grew up more in the Verbank/Millbrook area. Spent lots of summer days when I was very young in Standfordville with my cousins.. My mom had nursing home in Amenia for several years. Do these towns sound familiar to you?Your yard is so impressive and I love the real Maltese on it the best. :thumbsup:I just love the serene look and feel to it. Funny Marj mentioned Dutchess County because that's where my mom's farm was and we had huge lawns (5 acres that I mowed thankfully on a power mower- no one had landscapers those days) that were grass, clover and weeds. But it always looked luxuriously green and we didn't use any of those chemicals that I think are cancer causing. My mom had peonies, lilacs, rose of sharon, flox, roses, and tons of other flowers and berry bushes. And then a big vegetable garden.:aktion033:
Now as a grown up living in an apartment --I leave my "backyard" to the NYC Parks Dept. :HistericalSmiley: I have a pot of herbs on my window sill. :blush: My yard in Vermont is impossible. First year we built it i bought about 100 tulip bulbs, someone at my job was ordering too, to plant in our first home with a yard. With every shovel into the ground we'd hear "CLUNK." Rock everywhere. My DH said the only way we'd be able to plant is with dynamite. :w00t::w00t: So I do container planting and hanging baskets.
If I couldn't get the one I have that first link I kind of like. I couldn't see any demensions though. I saw one flag online that I loved but it was one of those small ones and since we have it on our antique sleigh I want the big size.