Sprites Great Adventure-Belgian Landscape Artist Extraordinaire

I probably should have known better than to name Kylie the registered name of Sprites Great Adventure....though everything IS an adventure to her (and besides it had to be a "G" name). Anyway I'm turning this one over to her.......


HI! My name is Kylie and I'd like to show you my latest work of art! Come over here with me....
There used to be this boring patch of grass. I tried improving on it by giving it different texture. Mom said it looked reminiscent of a bomb field. She has no appreciation, really! Anyway, I found these plants, randomly planted in some dirt and in my minds eye I could see them as a real statement in front of the house. See what you think......































It will really look lovely once the grass starts greening up again and the plants fill out a little........

I also had to do some pruning.....so it may take awhile for these plants to fill out.

NOW, take a look at the boring area I removed them from:
















Next, my challenge will be to find something that is just begging to be transplanted to this landscaping opportunity.....


Until next time, this is Kylie, Belgian Landscape Artist Extraordinaire saying "Au Revoir"!

The landscape construction...er....destruction crew

Here they are, the finest landscape destruction crew around. Let me introduce you. There's Finn, a 11 year old Border Collie that you would think would be past his landscaping days.....


Sheba, the 6 year old Akbash, a Turkish guardian dog that thinks cars driving past the property are more of a threat than any 2 or 4 legged predator.


Harley, a rescued Australian Cattle Dog, that's other favorite pastime is shredding anything the UPS man drops off on "his" side of the gate.


And last, but definitely not least is Kylie, a 1 year old Belgian Tervuren who I had to fence my pond off to keep her from swimming in it 24/7.


I'm curious, can anyone out there tell the difference between the following trenches dug.....why one would be more comfortable than the other?


























Here is a work in progress, with two workers and a supervisor....






Sheba enjoyed the fruits of her labor....though it was only for a few minutes and then she wandered up by the house and thought this:
was more comfortable....why all the excavation work, if you're just going to lay on the asphalt anyway???


Kylie dedicated herself for a good 6 months into biting hard into the lawn and yanking, thus pulling out a lovely, round hunk of sod. What's this? dirt underneath? OH! that need some added dirt removal. Our lawn looked like a mine field....it's starting to recover. Hopefully she doesn't decide it needs some "touch up."





















Now if only I could teach them to pull weeds.......