The snakes were cottonmouths. Had to go.
There are other snakes here, but they will eat the frogs, so that's ok with
me.

I would love to see some photos of your yard if you ahve any posted
anywhere.
Here's a picture of my "Puddle"
http://www.kizthiz.com/puddle.jpg
and one of the back part of our place Trees, field and all, it's all ours to
work with.
http://www.kizthiz.com/backpano.jpg

It's going to be fun!

Kate


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| Sounds really pretty.
| Well, since we only bought this place at the beginning of this year, so
far
| we have not done much to the yard because I have been so busy peeling
ugly
| wallpaper and repainting ... you know.. that girl thing. Remodeling a
couple
| of the bathrooms.
|
| I did the opposite. When we moved in two years ago, I started on the
| outside with the trees and shrubs then moved in doors. I figured get
| the plants planted and growing, go inside to do the inside stuff, then
| go back out to finish off the yard.
|
| So far I have gotten for the yard...
| LOL.. a Husky 22hp - 48" deck lawn tractor and went back to California
to
| pick up our Kubota tractor. We mow and brush-hog about half of our place
and
| the rest is in wild woods pretty much
| We have a nice big pond that we are trying to come up with some ideas on
and
| I am thinking that I would like to terrace down to it from the house
and
| maybe put a pier out over it. The problem with that is that this summer
we
| killed half a dozen snakes down there. It kind of took the romance out
of
| the whole pond thing.
|
| That's nature. As long as they're not poisonous, I wouldn't worry
| about 'em.
|
| We have a few Dogwoods out amongst the trees.
|
| I love Dogwoods! So much them I had to make room in my Cobra to
| transport a Cherokee Red version all the way from Atlanta GA to our
| home in north Florida.
|
| We spent a while out by the
| shop this summer thinning under some big trees. Next year maybe we will
get
| started on the yard. I call it that in the loosest form of definition I
| possibly can get away with .
|
| Your yard sounds pretty. I hope to make a rock garden kind of thing out
here
| a little at a time.
|
| I did one of those with the shards leftover from building a flagstone
| walkway. Both came out really good.
|
| Patrick