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Welcome to my Backyard!

Pull up a chair & relax. Smell the flowers? Ahhhh.

From the lens Backyard Makeover: Before and After.

  • jadehorseshoe Jan 3, 2012 @ 5:13 pm | delete
    Might be the most useful lens on the subject EVER.
  • GeorgePavlides Nov 6, 2011 @ 7:16 am | delete
    excellent advice... now ive got some ideas what to do with my backyard!!
  • cffutah Oct 11, 2011 @ 7:10 pm | delete
    I knew I was going to like this lens before I even clicked on it, liked the lens topic and photo. Great reading material, gave you a 'thumbs up'.
  • LizRobertson Oct 1, 2011 @ 1:10 am | delete
    Very inspiring and thorough!
  • paperfacets Sep 16, 2011 @ 11:10 am | delete
    I do not live in a climate for flowering annals. It is to dry most of the time. I am working all the time on plants that will work. So the look of my backyard is always changing. I few years ago we add some palms and I am working succulents in around them.
  • seedplanter Sep 16, 2011 @ 1:22 pm | delete
    Succulents are beautiful! We have a few Chicks & Hens growing in our yard and they are very easy to grow. It must be fun for you to see constant change in your garden. That's half the fun - right?
  • daria369 Aug 27, 2011 @ 4:27 pm | delete
    I very much enjoyed your gardening diary, it made me laugh, it amazed me with breathtaking images and your enthusiasm. Leaving you some blessings and wishing continuous joy in transforming your backyard! :)
  • seedplanter Sep 16, 2011 @ 1:23 pm | delete
    Thank you for taking time to comment. Glad you got a chuckle out of it, too. Your note was a joy to read!
  • jkvkdailey Aug 16, 2011 @ 3:27 pm | delete
    We're currently planning our backyard makeover. Thanks for the advice! Angel Blessed.
  • gonzalezdenise Jun 11, 2011 @ 11:35 pm | delete
    Great information on makeover.
  • Cinnamonbite May 30, 2011 @ 12:40 pm | delete
    LOVE your photography! Thank you for inspiring me today!
  • Joseph May 22, 2011 @ 9:30 pm | delete
    awesome lens...it has so much info!

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  • Margo_Arrowsmith May 22, 2011 @ 3:51 am | delete
    Back yard is for dogs, front yard is for plants, I took all the grass out of my front yard and made rock gardens with lots of plants Flowers trump grass
  • vallain May 21, 2011 @ 6:20 pm | delete
    Gardening is good for the muscles and good for the soul. I find peace while puttering with my plants.
  • naturegirl7 Apr 1, 2011 @ 8:47 pm | delete
    No fooling, this is a wonderful lens. I'm in your neighborhood for only today and I'm leaving a blessing from the Angel of Farmyard Animals.
  • EditorDave Jan 1, 2011 @ 9:28 pm | delete
    Nice! You've inspired me to do some digging in my own backyard. Unfortunately, I'm about 60 miles from the Pacific Ocean, so the idea of a beach isn't in the story. But I still want to create a "tropical-style" garden with bananas (I have seen them growing in my town), and cycad palms and with a koi pond. And surrounded by other tropical-style plants-- bromiliads, orchids, and hibiscus. :-) Congrats on a great lens!
  • marsha32 Dec 17, 2010 @ 12:28 pm | delete
    nice lens....great info....great photos

    blessed by a Squid Angel
  • AdrianaCopaceanu Dec 15, 2010 @ 6:53 am | delete
    Beautiful! too bad it's 14 degrees here, or I'd go start a project right now. Love your flowers!
  • whitemoss Nov 9, 2010 @ 4:00 am | delete
    Inspiring! I love your photos too.
  • Magicality Sep 23, 2010 @ 6:55 am | delete
    Great lens, I'm about to start a big garden project, and was looking for advice and ideas
  • steveffeo Sep 13, 2010 @ 2:04 pm | delete
    Wow beautiful lens I spend most of my time in the yard in the vegetable garden going to plant some new flowers around the house this spring
  • JaguarJulie May 26, 2010 @ 8:39 am | delete
    Oh, what a lovely visit I've had ... our backyard is quite important to us. My home office is positioned so that I have a pretty good view of the backyard throughout the day ... I find it relaxing.
  • bohns Apr 15, 2010 @ 6:55 am | delete
    Great lens, A plethora of information thats both interesting and usefull. Cheers
  • tssfacts Mar 14, 2010 @ 7:59 am | delete
    Great Lens. Lots of informative information. It just makes my gardening juices get all stirred up over again.
  • KimGiancaterino Jul 27, 2009 @ 6:00 pm | delete
    You've been blessed by a Squid Angel, and this lens was included in Another Day of One Hundred Squid Angel Blessings.
  • Snozzle Jun 14, 2009 @ 2:46 pm | delete
    Great lens and have lensrolled you on my Cornish Garden lens. It's so great to transform something and nothing better than a garden/yard. I quite like the 'chaotic approach.
    Mike.'
  • growgirl Jun 9, 2009 @ 10:53 pm | delete
    I love your lens and your fabulous pictures! Gardening is always an adventure especially with dogs! Although she is pretty good now, it took quite a while to train our dog to stay out of the garden. However, the first sign of a raccoon, squirrel or barking dog and I have a few more flattened flowers!
  • Stazjia Jun 7, 2009 @ 6:09 am | delete
    Fabulous lens. I remember when we first moved into a house with a so-called garden - a patch of weeds was a better description - and I made a garden from scratch out of it with no previous experience. I can remember getting the same thrills as you describe from seeing flowers I've planted grow and then come back the following year. 5* and lensrolled.
  • Ramkitten Jun 5, 2009 @ 3:42 pm | delete
    Love it! Great photos, too! I'm lensrolling this to A Home Remodel: From Worn Out, Drab And Cold To Fresh And Cozy. We totally made over our backyard too, so I can relate to all that elbow grease you used! And I love the story you told about your inspiration for doing it in the first place. Made me look over at our own aging pooch and think ... *sigh*
  • May 12, 2009 @ 12:25 pm | delete
    Great lens - the photos are gorgeous! I hope to have a beautiful yard like that someday. Love your Zazzle gallery!
  • spirituality May 10, 2009 @ 11:22 am | delete
    great lens - blessed by a squidangel :)
  • janices7 May 9, 2009 @ 6:06 pm | delete
    Awesome lens! Nothing beats having a yard full of flowers. 5*
  • aj2008 Apr 8, 2009 @ 3:02 am | delete
    Congratulations on your fantastic achievement and here's some Angel dust to make your garden grow!
  • spirituality Feb 26, 2009 @ 2:19 am | delete
    wow - you just planted stuff and it lived? No weeds stifling your garden? That's amazing.
  • kellywissink Feb 13, 2009 @ 5:05 am | delete
    5 Stars!

    Welcome to the Squidoo 50 Club!
  • darlkay52 Feb 8, 2009 @ 4:36 pm | delete
    Love your gardening story - reminds me of myself. I'm still changing and planning and loving every minute of it!
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Jan 26, 2009 @ 6:59 pm | delete
    Welcome to The Totally Awesome Lenses Group.
    Lizzy
  • mbgphoto Jan 26, 2009 @ 1:10 pm | delete
    Makes me long for spring .....I love to get my hands in the dirt and plant flowers! 5 ***** Great Lens!
  • spirituality Jan 13, 2009 @ 11:12 am | delete
    Your pictures are wonderful! I'd put up a link to your photoblog at the top of the page to make it very clear you made these pictures yourself.
  • marsha32 Jan 13, 2009 @ 11:08 am | delete
    I love this one too...but then again, haven't found a lens of yours yet that I don't enjoy.
  • K_Linda Dec 9, 2008 @ 12:38 pm | delete
    What a very informative lens and such a delightful personal story! I love your writing style. Thanks for lensrolling my Mockingbird lens...one back at ya! 5*'s.
  • naturegirl7 Nov 25, 2008 @ 3:02 pm | delete
    Welcome to the Naturally Native Squids group. Don't forget to add your lens link to the appropriate plexo and vote for it.
  • poutine Nov 22, 2008 @ 10:59 am | delete
    Great gardener story. Love those pictures.

    Poutine
  • GardenArbor Oct 19, 2008 @ 5:09 pm | delete
    Great lens! Gardening is a challenge and a joy that lasts for years!
  • Karen_Knight_Bennett Sep 10, 2008 @ 7:56 am | delete
    Great lens, great pictures, great story. I love flowers and backyard makeovers!
  • Mickie_G Aug 29, 2008 @ 10:51 am | delete
    Love your lens. We have a basset hound who obsessed with gekos and frogs. Therefore, my backyard is a trampled mess! I think we could be friends (it seems we have a lot in common), but I would be jealous of your yard!

    Is there a group for 50-ish women on Squidoo?
  • flowergardener Aug 25, 2008 @ 4:20 am | delete
    I am totally in awe! I kept checking your links on this page, and was going to comment on them by saying you're referring an outstanding resource, them, at the bottom of the page I find out it's YOU! I'd 'park my shovel' next to your's any day and join you in the fun job of photographing our 'beauties'. Now I gotta learn how you did those images :) as they're so beautiful, I thought you painted them. Really enjoyed your story on this lens, coming from a 50 lady, I know exactly what you mean, as I spent 7 hours in my flowerbeds yesterday.....and am dearly paying for it today.
  • SPF Aug 21, 2008 @ 5:23 pm | delete
    Great lens! Sorry about Sadie. I know how hard it can be... We just lost our Queensland Heeler to cancer earlier this year. We had her for 12 years! I think your lens is perfect for my group Backyard Habitat. Thanks for submitting it!
  • seedplanter Aug 9, 2008 @ 5:11 pm | delete
    Mari,
    Thanks for stopping by!
    The adventure continues (weeding)!
  • mari1 Aug 8, 2008 @ 10:33 pm | delete
    Great lens! Love the story behind it all, and like the resulting photos.

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