So we moved into our home in October 2009. The yard as you can see was a blank slate. I've since put in two beds on either side of the stairs and a front strip of about 3 feet wide and all along the front are now planted with roses in a lasagna bed of cardboard and bark mulch.
The back yard also was a blank slate. I've rototilled the lawn on the left side of the sidewalk and have planted 2 apple trees, 3 raspberries, 1 thornless blackberry, strawberries, 1 fig tree, cinder blocked veggie beds. Well only one and half beds have been built as i need to purchase more cinder blocks. I think I might put in an arbour just on the right side of that walkway and plant an apple tree (whips right now) on either side so they can espaliered into "walls". Roses would be planted to cover the arbour. That's my plan in my head right now anyway.
