Moving north

   These photos are from the area just to the north of the photos of the previous post.   The black box in the second photos covers a pipe and faucet.  The third photo shows more of the limestone rocks I collected last year from a building being torn down--and which showed up in earlier posts. The fourth photo shows a hanging fixture I made that was designed by Leonardo da Vinci 500 years ago.  The last photo overlooks the whole area, including the door to a shed I built into the hillside in 1987.

New photos

     I just downloaded some new photos, which will replace some of the ones I recently posted.  So, please pardon the repetition, but these are better, I think.

 

New photos

      I just downloaded to my computer of some new photos of the garden area just posted in the last few weeks.  Frankly, I forgot that I took them (I take a huge number of photos).  So, please pardon the repetition--but the new photos are better, I think.

Hosta hillside

 Note: I am having difficulty creating a new post, as Google tells me I am out of storage space.  This problem might take a while to solve, plus I will be out of state for a few days.  So, please accept my apology for the trouble.

This area of hostas was established about 25 years ago.  It is on a hill sloping both to the back of the lot (to the west) and to the right (or north).  The wall of railroad ties was just replaced this May.  The cobblestones at its base are sandstone.  I collected several thousand of them in 2009 at a factory site on the south side of Milwaukee, which was built in the 1880s.

     The first photo was mistakenly placed in the last post.  The last photo shows the area from the reverse view.

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On to the back

     These photos are from the far SW corner of the property, and following posts will move to the north.  At this point the lot is sloping uphill both to the west (towards the back) and to the north.  The back of the property is 150 wide, and the hill sloping north rises about 15 feet over that length.

     Note: the second photo is not supposed to be there, and I cannot find how to remove it for now.

     The first photo shows the entrance to the gardens in the back, and the second and third show the area where there are two small sunken gardens.  The fourth photo shows that area from the back of the lot looking in the opposite direction east southeast towards the house.  As it was taken in 2016, the lawn has been reduced considerably in 2019.

     The last photo shows where the path splits, with one part leading north.  Several rocks covered with moss are at that junction.

Southwest corner-Part 2

     In the previous post, a cobblestone path is shown that ends at a bark mulch path.  This post continues along that bark mulch path.  Photos 2-4 show a rock from a cave in Missouri into which I inserted some moss.  The moss continues to spread over the rock about an inch a year.

     The shed shown in the first photo is on my neighbor's property.

Southwest corner-Part 1

    This post is begins the tour of the large area beyond the back lawn.  It has several paths that lead from the southwest corner of the property to the northwest corner, climbing a hill that rises close to 20 feet.  It has several small gardens or features that surprise people touring for the first time, as none of them are visible from the house or patio.  Some of the paths are made with sandstone cobbles which were used as street pavers in the late 1800s.