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4/FYI, if you are wondering what #PaulsYard started out as, here is the previous vs work-in-progress towards our #noMow #Wildflower and raised bed #garden yard. #Gardening .

Will be glad when we tackle the roof and the front siding, tbh. That is this fall in earnest.

2/ #PaulsYard #noMow #Wildflower #Garden photo in daytime. Will be starting the side raised fruit and vegetable garden soon. #Gardening

Legend:

1> needs spacing move.
2> Wheelchair deck and ramp is getting moved to this door.
3> only lawn, push mow battery mower for visiting doggies, clippings, etc. Will be seeded naturally.
4> Wildflower meadow
5> AC will be removed since we have low voltage HVAC now, recycled matching siding
6> Going to paint siding sandstone with hunter green for posts, doors, etc to match new room

If you are following #PaulsYard, here is the view of the front yard #NoMow #WildFlower meadow from today's work from the security camera. The front yard edging and mulch beds, that surround the meadow, is now 90% done. We call that the horseshoe.

Tomorrow, The side yard raised bed garden work begins.

The front yard when completed will have one patch of grass next to the driveway that is 6 ft wide and around 20 ft long just for any visiting dogs to have a grassy place to potty. #Gardening

I'll have Penny take extra pictures tomorrow in the daylight

If you are following #PaulsYard, so far so good. Lots of work left but we have some help plus we still have the garden club that is going to do a weekend soon, helping with the raised beds, etc.

If you are wondering about the center dirt, it is seeded with 3-season bloom wildflowers. #NoMow

The old through-the-wall AC on the porch will be getting yanked out soon and when we did #PaulsRoof, we reclaimed enough siding to patch it.

We have a good helper. He only wanted $8 per hour but we couldn't pay that morally and pay him $15 an hour, or depending on the job, we do it flat rate for the job so he can work around the heat and sun, etc, with just a deadline, like two or three days. #Gardening

We came across several burrows of sweat bees coming out of the ground where the new #NoMow #wildflower meadow was excavated and is now seeded.

For the new wildflower meadow, that is priceless!

They have their work cut out for them this year! #Gardening #PaulsYard

2/ Penny went out and took this photo. We put up some edging. Remember, the dirt is going to be the #NoMow #WildFlower meadow and sprouts are already coming up!

She brought the boards over and helped with the labor and I hammered them in the ground, leveled, etc.

You can get an idea of what #PaulsYard is going to look like. That edging is going to go all the way around the wildflower meadow. Some images are in the #PaulsYard tag

Next time I "work in the yard" I'll have her take a snap or video of me doing whatever it is I am trying to do.

#PaulsYard

So, who is mad in love with #gardening and #landscaping and would love load up in their RV and take a vacation to come to #AppalachianOhio on the #Ohio River (70 miles east of #Cincinnati) and get in the mud with my small yard. Got 8 raised beds to setup for vegetables, a nice wildflower meadow to seed, some dwarf trees to plant, sacks of bulbs, etc. Making as no-mow as possible for the environment and so we can take care of it due to my disability and Penny's reduced strength and endurance after her widowmaker heart attack.. #NoMow

I love to bring joy so come on and get in the mud. 😂

Soon, the front of the house is getting a makeover, too. At least those AC are gone soon, replaced with energy efficient hvac

EDIT Added #PaulsYard tag for those wanting to follow the wildflower meadow and no mow progress.