Have I mentioned that the new house not only came slightly furnished, but with a boat? Yes, yes it did. 😉
When we first looked at the place my initial reaction was something along the lines of, that’s cool. I bet I could work that into the garden plans.
But we needed to pull the boat out and clear around the back part of it first before we could begin any landscaping projects.
Sadly though as soon as the HH started to pull the boat out of the weeds, it started falling apart. The boat was a total goner. I guess it wasn’t meant to be.
What started out as a potentially cool garden project, quickly turned into a discussion on how much it was going to cost us to get rid of the thing.
$35 it turns out!
Oh well. At least now I can start dreaming of a fence along the back instead. Picket fences. I sure do love them, and I really think this place would look great surrounded with a white picket fence, hydrangeas and peonies.
New gardens. They’re full of so much excitement. And this place is really going to be fun. I can feel it already. I might be too late for a kitchen garden this year, but at least I’ll be ready by the time next spring rolls around.
~Mavis
Tracey says
Did you save the hardware? Would you like to recoup the hauling fee?
Mavis Butterfield says
Yes, the HH saved the hardware. 🙂
Jamie says
Darn, would’ve made a cool flower bed. Looks like you have some wetland near your new property. Can’t wait to see more of it.
Rosemary says
Well darn . . . that boat would have made a great planter. I wonder what other things you will find? When I bought my property 21 years ago it was very overgrown. Some friends started clearing it out for me and they found 2 cars! Both were well rusted thru and cost $50 to get rid of them. Have fun exploring!
Gabi says
I love your way of writing!
At first, I thought it was a beautiful treasure.
Annette says
Firewood?
Ell says
Looks like you’ve got a lot of Japanese Knotweed in there. You may want to look into eradication options (unfortunately, they involve the application of pesticides (to the cut stalk after flowering)) because it spreads a *lot* and causes a lot of damage.