Front Yard 2017

Yes, you see right, palm trees in Wisconsin. There is a trick to have a palm tree grown in Central Wisconsin, you grow them in pots and bring them in when it is Fall and then bring them back outside in the Spring.

Tulips along the side of the house.

Front yard flower garden

Lit walkways in the back with raised pathway.

South side garden with palm trees and flowers with Marsallas and Roses

Rose garden SE side of house

Peonies and climbers with stone borders

Lillie Beds

 Bloomerang Lilac

Palm Tree in Wisconsin!

North Side

More pictures will be added.

Driveway renovation 2017

The driveway got its new roadbase gravel in May 2017, and since, the project was done by hand using a shovel and a rake and loads of wheelbarrow loads.  It took 3 days to do the whole driveway and to make new features to make the driveway separate from the yard.  Enjoy the pictures!

Thank you for viewing my pics on the new driveway.

Grand Entrance Extravaganza!

Beautiful array to add to any front yard floral theme.  This entrance adds to any exciting front yard.

Beautiful plants that stems from roses, Hibiscus, Marigolds, Ferns,and all other misc plants to add to the floral of the front yard.  I hope you will enjoy the pics, and I am very much excited to the new 2017 front yard designs.

Flowers in a basket

Very elegant to any front yard garden display.  Vibrant colors of red.  All you need is a normal woven basket.  Fill with soil and add your small plants.  Water thoroughly and have it displayed where you can enjoy seeing it grow.

Mahogany Flowerbeds

A simple frame 4 ft x 4 ft using pine boards screwed together around a base of a maple tree.  Make sure the hill area around the tree is level to the actual ground base.  Fill open areas underneath with newspaper, good for keeping the ground inside and for compost for the bed.

I used regular top soil of 3 large bags per bed.  Then fill to the top with black compost bark to add the dark touch.  I stained the frame with red mahogany and gave it a very nice even coat.

Then I added the plants and statues along with some rock for scenery.

I added a clematis to both of the beds to give some vines to grow around the trees.

Added some Arabian Dahlias to bring out more colors.

Both beds have a very nice attraction to the front yard to give it a very good taste to see as people travel by and for guests to enjoy.  I hope this idea will help you in designing your front yard.

Blue Rosette Vintage Doily

Doilies

Star Book No. 124

The American Yarn Company

1955

By Vic Pilsner

I have started this doily using a rounds of blue and white for each section up to each set of leaves.  Then on the flowers, I used the light shade of blue, ran out of that blue, found out nobody sells that shade anymore, so I went with the ones close to it and it still remained blue and it draws a nice attention where it can draw focus and yet still fits into the whole piece.  The pattern is below for you to follow and have fun creating your own piece of art.

Materials :
American Yarn Company
Puritan mercerized crochet cotton, Art. 40
1 ball each White and Shaded Blues or colors of your choice
Steel crochet hook No. 7
Doily measures: 19 inches in diameter
or -- Gem mercerized crochet cotton, Art. 35, size 20
1 ball each White and Shaded Pinks or colors of your choice
US Steel crochet hook No. 7
Approximate size: 13 1/4 inches in diameter

With White Ch 6, join to form (1) ring, Ch 6, Dc in ring,
* Ch 3, Dc in ring,
rep. from * 5 times,
Ch 3, join in 3rd st of Ch.
2nd Rnd. Ch 1,
* 4 Sc in next lp, rep. from * all around, join.
3rd Rnd. Ch 3 (counts as 1 Dc), 1 Dc in same sp,
* Ch 4, skip 3 Sc, 2 Dc in next Sc,
rep. from * all around, Ch 4, join in 3rd st of Ch.
4th Rnd. Ch 3, 1 Dc in same sp, 2 Dc in next Dc,
* Ch 4, 2 Dc in each of the next 2 Dc,
rep. from * all around, Ch 4, join in 3rd st of Ch.
5th Rnd. Ch 3, 1 Dc in each of the next 3 Dc keeping last lp of each Dc on hook,
yarn over and work off all lps at (1) time,
* Ch 4, Dc in next lp, Ch 2, Dc in same lp, Ch 4,
1 Dc in each of next 4 Dc keeping last lp of each Dc on hook,
yarn over and work off all lps at (1) time (cluster),
rep. from * 6 times
end with- Ch 4, Dc in next lp, Ch 2, Dc in same lp, Ch 4, join in top of first cluster.
6th Rnd.
* Ch 5, skip 1 lp, 4 Dc in next lp, Ch 5, skip 1 lp, Sc in top of next cluster,
rep. from * all around, join.
7th Rnd. SLst to center of lp, Ch 5, cluster over next 4 Dc group,
Ch 5, Sc in next lp, Ch 5, Sc in next lp, Ch 5,
rep. from * all around end with- Sc in same sp as last SLst.
8th Rnd. SLst to center of lp, Ch 3, 1 Dc in same sp,
* Ch 5, 2 Dc in next lp,
rep. from * all around end with- Ch 5, join in 3rd st of Ch.
9th Rnd. Ch 3, Dc in same sp, Ch 3, 2 Dc in next Dc, Ch 2,
* 2 Dc in next Dc, Ch 3, 2 Dc in next Dc (shell), Ch 2,
rep. from * all around, join in 3rd st of Ch.
10th Rnd. SLst to center of shell, Ch 3, 2 Dc in same sp, Ch 2, 3 Dc in same sp, Sc in next lp,
* 3 Dc, Ch 2, 3 Dc (shell) in center of next shell, Sc in next lp,
rep. from * all around, join in 3rd st of Ch.
11th Rnd. SLst to center of shell, Ch 1, Sc in same sp,
* Ch 4, 2 Dc in next Sc between shells, Ch 4, Sc in center of next shell,
rep. from * all around end with- Ch 4, 2 Dc in next Sc, Ch 4, join in first Sc.
12th and 13th Rounds. SLst to center of lp, Ch 3, 1 Dc in same sp,
* Ch 4, 2 Dc in next lp,
rep. from * all around end with- Ch 4, join in 3rd st of Ch.
l4th Rnd. Ch 3, Dc in same sp, 2 Dc in next Dc,
* Ch 4, Sc in next Dc group, Ch 4, 2 Dc in each of the next 2 Dc,
rep. from * all around end with- Ch 4, Sc in next Dc group, Ch 4, join in 3rd st of Ch.
15th Rnd. Ch 3,
* cluster over next 4 Dc group of previous Rnd, Ch 4, Dc in next Sc, Ch 3, Dc in same sp, Ch 4,
rep. from * all around, join in top of first cluster.
16th Rnd. Same as 6th Rnd.
17th Rnd. Same as 7th Rnd.
18th and 19th Rounds. Same as 8th Rnd.
20th Rnd. Ch 3, 1 Dc in same sp, 2 Dc in next Dc,
* Ch 5, Sc in next 2 Dc group, Ch 5, 2 Dc in each of the next 2 Dc,
rep. from * all around end with- Ch 5, Sc in next Dc group, Ch 5, join in 3rd st of Ch.
21st Rnd. Same as 15th Rnd but working Ch 5 before and after each cluster.
22nd Rnd. Same as 6th Rnd.
23rd Rnd.
* Ch 6, cluster over next 4 Dc group, Ch 6, Sc in next Sc,
rep. from * all around end with- Ch 6, join.
24th and 25th Rounds. Same as 8th Rnd but work Ch 6 between each Dc group.
26th Rnd. Ch 3, Dc in same sp, Ch 2, 2 Dc in next Dc,
* Ch 3, 2 Dc in next Dc, Ch 2, 2 Dc in next Dc (shell),
rep. from * all around, Ch 3, join in 3rd st of Ch.
27th Rnd. SLst to center of shell, Ch 3, 1 Dc, 1 Tr in same sp, Ch 3, 1 Tr, 2 Dc in same sp,
* Sc in next lp, 2 Dc, 1 Tr, Ch 3, 1 Tr, 2 Dc in center of next shell,
rep. from * all around, join in 3rd st of Ch, cut yarn.

Flowers:
With Shaded Blues
Ch 7, join to form (1) ring, Ch 1, and work 14 Sc in ring, join.
2nd Rnd. Ch 3, 3 Dc in same sp keeping last lp of each Dc on hook,
yarn over and work off all lps at (1) time,
* Ch 3, skip 1 Sc, 4 Dc in next Sc keeping last lp of each Dc on hook,
yarn over and work off all lps at (1) time (cluster st),
rep. from * all around, end with- Ch 3, join to top of first cluster-st (7 cluster-sts).
3rd Rnd. SLst to next lp, Ch 3, 3 Dc in same sp keeping last lp of each Dc on hook,
yarn over and work off all lps at (1) time,
join to center of any shell on doily, Ch 3, SLst in same sp on flower,
Sc in next cluster-st on flower, Ch 3, Sc in same sp, SLst in next lp on flower,
Ch 3, 3 Dc in same sp keeping last lp of each Dc on hook,
yarn over and work off all lps at (1) time,
Join to center of next shell on doily, Ch 3, SLst in same lp on flower,
Sc in next cluster-st on flower, Ch 3, Sc in same sp,
* SLst in next lp on flower, Ch 3, 3 Dc in same sp keeping last lp of each Dc on hook,
yarn over and work off all lps at (1) time,
Ch 3, SLst in same sp (petal), Sc in next cluster-st on flower, Ch 3, Sc in same sp,
rep. from * 4 times,
join, cut yarn (7 petals on flower).

Second Flower:
Work first and 2nd rounds same as first flower.
3rd Rnd. SLst in next lp, Ch 3, 3 Dc in same sp keeping last lp of each Dc on hook,
yarn over and work off all lps at (1) time,
join to first free petal on right hand side of first flower, Ch 3, SLst in same sp,
* Sc in top of next cluster, Ch 3, Sc in same sp, SLst in next lp,
Ch 3, 3 Dc in same sp keeping last lp of each Dc on hook,
yarn over and work off all lps at (1) time,
join to center of next shell on doily, Ch 3, SLst in same sp on flower,
rep. from * once

finish 2nd flower same as first flower, cut yarn.
Work 34 more flowers same as 2nd flower joining in same way.
Join last flower to first flower to correspond.

Thanks to Jessica-Tromp