All day finishing off what I could
Tomorrow I will sort the plants and put some in the ground 
@Dazercat - my catio 
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This looks like a rad playground. Next life I want to be reborn as your cat 
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can’t wait to see them in there.
It’s amazing! What a gift you are giving your fur babies. Good work!
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Thank you 
I can’t wait to relax out there tomorrow while they are out too.
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You are very handy.
It looks wonderful.
Luckily for me all I have to do is buy furniture. I can handle that. You really are talented.
Great job 
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thank you. I didn’t know I was capable of it actually looking like I imagined 
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WOW! this is super cool looking…I too wanna be a cat and come play 
. Very impressive work…your fur babies will be super excited
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It looks FANTASTIC. ding dong.
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That really looks awesome!
Golden hands you have!! 
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Thank you everyone 
going to do a few chores then should be out there today with the cats.
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@Soli Well, the plant should be growable on a stone wall 
Daffodils don’t grow on stone walls, they need soil. But I will plant some bulbs in autumn for you near it. Another one?
Thinking about plants is always making me happy, I’m grateful it makes you happy too
@SoberWalker I will do, and I will go haunting your special variety. It’s such a lovely idea to bring a small fern from an old building to a new wall.
@TrustyBird OMG you built a catio paradise! I echo everyone, I wanna be cat at your’s 
The catnet / climbing net for peas is up on its final hight. I love it when little worksteps add up to a finish 
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Bulbs are lovely too, thank you 
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This past month we have finally begun some projects to transform our boring lawn into a lovely garden. We started by moving two giant white globe hydrangeas from in front of the house to the back next to the fence. We are trying to create a bit of a visual barrier against that chain link. We also moved two clumps of tall grasses, split each in two and transplanted them there, as well. It was a helluva job as the root balls were huge and the grasses probably have never been split - we had to saw through the root ball! The hydrangeas are growing well and leafing out, and the grasses are showing new growth, too, since these initial pics.
Busy day today, part of which included digging up the peonies and lilies my parents brought us from their garden last fall. They overwintered in a compost pile and sprouted and thrived there just fine (compost pile also a temporary situation, we are going to build a compost bin at the end of that wall). I dug them up and divided them into nursery pots, then dug up some of the compost and added it to a bunch of garden soil in a separate large tub. Let me just say that whoever thought of auger attachments for drills was a genius! It really makes mixing soils or breaking up compost super easy. Chose my spots for the peonies on each side of the back gate so we can see them from the patio and dug the holes deep enough to amend the soil with new dirt. I am excited to see how much they grow this year. A couple of them have tiny buds but I don’t think they will develop this season, hopefully next year! We’ll transplant the lilies tomorrow, mostly out in front of the house in the flower bed there but maybe one chunk in back to enjoy seeing more often.
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Day lilies and hostas are in the ground! Next up is mulch, hopefully tomorrow. I’ll also probably plant some annuals in between. I have a spot on the left corner of the house for a larger bush or something, I’ll have to start shopping around and decide what I want. I also plan to rent a sod cutter to extend this flower bed out in a half moon shape as opposed to the straight edge. Fun stuff!
One chunk in a corner of the backyard.
Empty corner needs something cool! No clue what, yet.
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Might start checking out the gardening thread. I’m inheriting a massive California garden at my new home. I’m all excited. But it’s also a bit overwhelming. I’m keeping the guy and his team on that have been maintaining it for the previous owners. It’s too much for me.
Anyway. First pic.
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I got a Butterfly Bush 
It’s suppose to attract butterflies. Gonna be like having you in my back yard
Hopefully I will be taking it slow. But I’ll need to get some plants for the deck and other places. And I’ve always wanted to plant herbs. I hate going to the store for a tablespoon of fresh parsley. Or basil.
And I want to plant a potted lemon tree. I have some citrus trees but they don’t look all that good. They didn’t plant them in enough sun. I think. I don’t know shit yet.
I got an orange tree that had tiny little green fruits on it. I thought it was a lime tree. He said it was orange tree. But the other citrus look a bit rough.
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You are such a tidy gardener! I am chaos cottage! Deer are back and into the lilies. Looks like things are going well with your plantings!!! A nice native butterfly bush for your corner maybe?
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Post pics of new garden please!!!
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