"hill" yards, pictures, and ideas...
Texas Trails
Owner: Susan Velzy Location: Pipe CreekRocky, caliche earth typical of the Texas Hill Country. Had to find what will grow here after gardening in upstate NY for 30 years! Love to build outdoor creations from leftovers. We have wildlife to contend with as well as crazy Texas weather!...
Lucky on the lake
Owner: David & kay Miller Location: Pittsburg, TxMy wife Kay and I relocated here when we retired five years ago. We have been working renovating the inside and the outside ever since. The front yard received a minor transition of adding several beds around the pecan trees and in front of the walkway. The backyard has been almost completely ren...
La Maisonnee
Owner: Nanci Desouches Location: Santa Cruz1 & 1/2 acre yard set in hillside with forested area. Parking set up for guests with iron gate and stone pillars. Many meditation areas and a tree house in the forest. Pathways throughout, peacefully transitioning from one space to the next. Large working vegetable garden with deer fencing and large...
The Challenge of a Hill . . .
Owner: Coastal Gardener Location: Plymouth, MAThe hill behind our house is quite steep and is basically made up of sand. When I started landscaping it, I had to give each bush and plant its own enormous planting hole amended with lots of compost. ...
Lowering Yard Maintenance
Owner: Donna F. Location: GreenvilleThis year I replace some areas with River Rocks - they look great - are certainly low maintenance and help greatly with water control coming down the hill. Switched to pine needles instead of black mulch. Dye would run off and into the pool!...
Backyard... our desert oasis
Owner: Michael & Joyce Anderson Location: Desert HillsThis yard has been a work in progress since 2001. As you can see it was void of anything when we started. We had the concrete walls and the pool done but other than that we have done all the work. We still have a ways to go. We will be adding some lighting and additional plants for some more color. ...
In the Clouds
Owner: Howard Boehm Location: San Diego /CAWe are on top of a hill where the clouds come up to our property but are about 10' below us. We look out in the morning and all we see is the yard and these white clouds...
KITTY LITTER BOX NO LONGER
Owner: GINNY EZELL Location: Las Vegas, NVour backyard was nothing but dirt, we had a huge hill that had to be moved back to give us flat usable space, we've transformed it into an outdoor living space and an extension of our home!...
