Back Garden

I have to dedicate a whole post to the back garden. Shane has really worked hard in our back garden and has made it one of the best 'rooms' in the house to hang out in. I cannot, and will not, take any credit for the back garden as it has all be Shane's vision and creation. For those of you that know what the back garden looked like before, the difference is amazing. For those of you that do not know what it looked like before, there are no words to describe the transformation.

Here is a visual 'tour' of the garden (taken from the back door) in all it's glory:

The patio and vegetable garden - the vegetable garden has been a huge success...just ask Hayden:


The other end of the vegetable garden, the beautiful baby tree, the wood shed and the kids with their wonderful Miss Kaila:


The shed/mother-in-law cabin/escape hatch with the beautiful flowers, organized tools and clock (made by our good friends Daryl and Gayla):


The 'back 40' (!) - Hayden and Boone love having all this space to run:


Sand pit, water table, canoe (Not shown: around the corner of the house are fruit trees being trained to grow along the house):


The new outdoor kitchen (I should really have tidied it up before I took the picture - oopsy, sorry Shane) - the kitchen has been a great addition to this summer. We have used the BBQ and kitchen to cook most of our meals outside, the fridge keeps Shane's beers cold and the sink has the multi purpose of cleaning dishes as well as kids on those really hot nights. Good job on this Shane!:


Hayden standing next to the vegetable garden. The really tall one is our pole beans...they have been delicious. Hayden will eat them straight off the plant! Another one of Hayden's favourites?...The small tomatoes! Every night we get asked "matoes?" And, Hayden runs to the tomato bush, climbs over the little fence and just crams as many into his mouth as he can. I don't think Shane and I have had eaten more than a dozen tomatoes between the two of us! Another big hit has been the lemon cucumbers. We will pick one or two every evening and Hayden will eat them too. I love watching Hayden eat all these healthy vegetables:


Harvesting the 'matoes':


Eating the evidence:


Of course, now that I have dedicated all this space to the back garden, I will have to do the same with the front. I'll take pictures soon of the grape plants and the roses.