I moved here with a severe gardening addiction already, so I could not wait to get started gardening in my new home. We moved into the house in November of 2006. I had purchased some tall bearded Iris rhizomes on a Dave's Garden Coop, and those were the very first thing that I planted at our new home. They were planted around a big rock that we left in the front yard.

The next thing I began work on was the front border. I could not start on that until early Spring 2007.

After the front border, came the woodland driveway garden. It is still a work in progress, but shaping up.

We really wanted to have vegetables, but the soil here is so poor, so 2007 we decided to try straw bale gardening. In 2008, we opted for raised vegetable beds.

Along the east side of our back yard is an area that would be impossible to have lawn as there are so many rocks. The amount of clay and rocks also prevents working the soil much for any kind of garden attempt, so I just tried scattering flower seeds on there, which resulted in what I call my scattered seed garden. This garden has also become a place for butterflies to enjoy.

I always wanted roses in Louisiana, but had too many trees for them. Here I have lots of full sun area, so roses are going to be an integral part of our landscape. The newest bed is our driveway rose bed. Some of my roses were purchased to plant around our Pergola which was constructed in 2007 for our wedding.