Day four of Arlene's Garden.

I've always wanted more shady places to plant shade loving plants. This Spring it occurred to me I could create some shade under some trees by asking Brad to cut away the lower limbs.

I planted a Rhododendron, Hosta, bright green Lamium and a Foxglove. I forget the name of the plant in front. I planted it a long time ago and it's been neglected. I'm not very good at remembering plant names.

Here I planted lots of ferns, more hosta, Bleeding Heart, and Sweet Woodruff. It'll look nice when it fills in.

Flintstone furniture. We have a lot of rocks and we try to put them to good use. Here is my throne and foot stool.

It is very big and heavy. Brad dragged it in behind a tractor. I enjoy sitting in the shade with a cat on my lap or a small dog. To the right of it is a Hosta I saved from the chickens by putting a wire cage around it. There were four other little plants I planted the day before that they scratched up.

Here's a side view of my throne.

I enjoy walking around looking at rocks and imagining what I could make of them. Much to Brad's delight, I usually forget where they are.

Here's my strawberry trough.

William put a net over it to keep the birds away from the strawberries. We all stand around the trough grazing.

Here are the chickens in lock-up. The ducks are to the left of them. The ducks don't wander far when they are let out. I think they can fly now but so far I haven't seen them do more than a few vertical take off's and some brief touch and goes.

There's the stone house that B.J. built many many years ago and my trusty lawn tractor/mower, which I'd be lost without. I kind of put a tarp over it.