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Photographs

These pictures are from Friday, June 18 after the tree guys cleaned up the yard.


This is the view of the yard looking east.  You can see one of the brushpiles.
This view of the yard shows one of the brushpiles.

This is the wood from the walnut tree.
This is the wood from the walnut tree.

The second brushpile is under the mulberry tree.
The second brushpile is under the mulberry tree.

The goldenraintree survived mostly intact.  It lost a few branches.  There are a couple of broken ones that didn't get trimmed, but the worst is tidied up.
The goldenraintree is okay.

The walnut tree has just a stub at the base.
The walnut tree has been trimmed.

The barrel garden survived intact.
The barrel garden is intact.

The purple and white garden has hostas blooming.
Hostas are blooming in the purple and white garden.

You can see a few flowers starting to open.
Hostas are blooming in the purple and white garden.

The septic garden has butterflyweed blooming, along with wild onions heading.
The septic garden is blooming.

A bumblebee is feeding on the butterflyweed.
A bumblebee is visiting the butterflyweed.

Yucca is blooming in the white garden.
Yucca is blooming in the purple and white garden.

Daylilies are blooming too.
Daylilies are blooming.

Here's a closeup of the daylilies.
Here is a closeup of the daylilies.

Asiatic lilies are blooming around the telephone pole.
Asiatic lilies are blooming by the telephone pole.

The hollyhock has buds.
This is the hollyhock.

The wildflower garden is a tangle.
Here is the wildflower garden.

This is the mowed patch in the prairie garden when I sowed Little Bluestem.  Much of the eastern edge has been notched to plant wildflower seeds too.
This is the mowed patch where we sowed Little Bluestem grass.