Voila!

Well, it wasn't magic but the yard finally got done! So, we started here...

(does anyone know why my pics would be clear on my computer but blurry when i put them on blogspot?)

Did some tweaking - some big tweaking...
made it to here...

recruited some help here...

and here...

and finally got here! Ahhh...

yes there's a "plant tent", also affectionately called our "homeless shelter", in the flowerbed. Necessity is the mother of invention (that's for you mom).