Garden Pics!

Here's our neighbors yard and a pretty good representation of what ours looked like when we first moved in. There were more dead bushes that Andy pulled out too.






Then thanks to Grandma Phyllis! We now look like this! This is the front. There are cacti and ivy. We are trying to get the ivy to grow but it's not doing too well. We're going to plant more if these don't take.






This is the cactus we have planted all over. Phyllis brought these from her own that grow in her backyard, which she has worked so hard on. Her cacti are HUGE and these are their babies! We have them all across the front too but they are hidden by much of the ivy.




A bush we saved. This one was about to die but we've been taking care of it.







Our little tomato plant that is trying so hard to grow! We hold out great hope that it'll keep growing so well even if it doesn't fruit. This also came from Phyllis's backyard!






This picture is supposed to be turned - sorry I missed it! Another bush we're saving. Phyllis brought us the decoration to serve as a way to hold the bush up and keep it from dying. Seems to be helping - it looks so much better than when we started.





Right in front of our door. The ivy is so wild it looks like a jungle! There're also some big stalks of flowers that are about to grow flowers buds! Phyllis planted the flowers by just scattering some petals around, I can't believe how they've taken off! And she brought the ivy from her front yard!




More of our jungle!








The jungle didn't grow so well over on this side so this is where we've planted some new ones that we cut from our own. You could say these are third generation ivy!







New bird bath. This is pretty much right in front of our living room window where the kitties sit and look out. We didn't want a bird feeder because we want the birds to eat the bugs. This is just to get them to come hang out here!




Our new ivy plants around the corner. Hope these do well!








Close up of a cactus my mom gave us. She gave us two of these and we didn't get pics of the other one. He's planted with our basil plant in a planter on the porch so we can take him with us! But since she gave us two we thought it'd be nice to let one grow here.





A flower plant that was originally in a pot on our porch but wasn't doing too hot. Still seems to struggle but we're pulling for it. If it flowers again the flowers are the same color as the top of the cactus and they're right next to each other so it'd be pretty.





Close up on the big stalks of flowers out front in the jungle. These are so close to blooming! We'll take more pics soon as our new ivies start to grow!