Backyard Fieldtrip
I love, love, love this idea that I found on here (thanks to Sandy for the link) – snapshots of people’s everyday lives in all sorts of different places.
Becky’s idea is that people should give a photographic tour of their back gardens. So, here is ours in Cambridge UK (regular readers will not be surprised that it’s not the tidiest most elegant garden ever… )
Let me take you out through the back door:
Here you can only really see the “top” half of the garden.
If you walk forwards and stand next to the white table just visible in this picture, you get to see the “bottom” half of the garden:
They are nominally split as flowers/herbs/lawn and vegetables/fruit trees/climbing frames – but mostly there are lots of weeds (although once the weather gets warmer, I expect we’ll get out there – although it cuts into knitting time… ) We’re lucky to be looking over fields – we have lots of space, although in the next few years these fields will be built on. On the far left is the local hospital – they have also been building, so the maternity hospital is now obscured – when I gave birth to both Adam and Ruth I could see our house from each of the delivery rooms – not a home delivery, but an “in sight of home” delivery (not that I was looking at the crucial moments!)
And if you walk down to the bottom of the garden and look back up at the house you can see this:
As we wander back towards the house we may as well look at a few things more closely:
Part of the vegetable plot – I don’t really think we should be allowed to grow brassicas – they require attention during the winter…
Adam loves digging in the vegetable patch…
And there are signs that spring is on its way…
And just for Sandy – another sky shot.
six comments:
Oh, Anne, your yard is lovely! Beautiful and spacious! I am a bit envious, but I know how much work that must be! My little postage stamp of a lot takes lots more work than I am willing to put in!
Your flower garden is just gorgeous when flowering. And I’m going now to look up brassicas. Imagine. I don’t know.
My kids had a turtle like that sandbox. They used to love it so much!
And thanks for the sky. Nice knowing that our sky looks a bit the same today even though we are half a world away!
sandy () (link) - 05 March '06 - 16:17
Thanks for showing us round your garden!Daisy () (link) - 05 March '06 - 17:17
Oh you are so LUCKY!!! I have the UK on my list of “must see” places – I love your backyard!!Esther () (link) - 05 March '06 - 20:14
Look at all that lovely wide-open space! And it appears that your weather and ours coincide right about now. Spring will come soon and we’ll all be out diggin’ in the garden
teyani () (link) - 05 March '06 - 20:27
What great pictures – thanks for sharing!(Also, thanks for stopping by my spot :) )
Amy () (link) - 05 March '06 - 21:15
Anne, so sorry that I was late adding your name to the Fieldtrip list! I missed your comment somehow earlier. Forgive me! I love the grassy path and the wide open space surrounding your home. I’d love to see it later when everything is greener! I’m planning on having a monthly fieldtrip of some sort so come back again and join me!Becky/ Knitting Interrupted () (link) - 06 March '06 - 02:42
