In the Beginning . . .

The first two photos below were published in the realtor listing in 2001. You can see why I fell in love with it.

The whole neighborhood is treed like this and most of my neighbors have beautiful gardens. I'm sure they were happy when I finally started working on my garden.

After 4 years of neglect, the fern had practically taken over. It completely grew over a stone path in the backyard. The photo below shows the overgrown path.

The fern was so thick, I thought it was easier to just mow the path and pull the fern roots later. The next picture shows it after I mowed and planted my first purchased plants: Alabama Sunset coleus. These coleus do great in my very shady garden.