Hello Summer!
By georgiamum
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My husband and I recently moved to the mountains in western Georgia, his family has owned property here since the 1740’s, can you even imagine. We have been putting in work on the old family farmhouse, built in 1904 by my Love’s great grandfather. It has been unoccupied for 20+ years and the renovations are quite slow going. Here’s a picture in the snow.
Being quite pregnant at the time with our 2nd child, I started just over a year ago making some changes to the exterior. For starters I’ve always wanted a brick pathway, so I spent some time diging through the hard Ga clay and gathering some spare bricks that were placed around the yard, I even gathered from nearby burned out houses. A year later I finally finished, steps and all! redistributing the excess dirt has been fun! Will post some photographs soon.
I will be accepting any suggestions, being as I don’t know much about what I am doing, but just learning as I go along.
25 May, 2010
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Thank you Louise! I've definately looking forward to adding many more.
25 May, 2010
Welcome to GoY. It's nice for you to live in a house which your husband's family built. I also lived in an ancestor's cottage until recently so I understand how you must feel about it. I hope all your plans for the garden go well.
25 May, 2010
Welcome GM look forward to hearing more about you and your garden
25 May, 2010
What a lovely project to have. It will evolve as the children are growing and what a place to spend your childhood :~))
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25 May, 2010
Welcome GM,a lovely place to live,and looking forward to seeing your pictures.You sound as though you have been working really hard.
25 May, 2010
What a lovely place for your children to grow up. I`m sure all your hard work will pay off and you will send us some photo`s as things develope.
25 May, 2010
Beautiful house - and as the others have said things will develop and before you know it you'll be struggling to find room!!
25 May, 2010
Welcome from me too Georgiamum.........such a beautiful property to start work on! The garden sounds to be a voyage of discovery, I'm sure the children will love to be there and enjoy making it with you.....looking forward to seeing more...:o)))
26 May, 2010
wellcome from me as well god that house looks amazing carnt wait to c ur on going pics .very interesting .how much land do u have ?
26 May, 2010
We have 350 acres most of which is forest preserve. But I have about 5 acres up near the house to "play" with. Some days its a daunting task, its a good thing I really enjoy it.
26 May, 2010
Welcome GA mum! I also have an old farmhouse in north GA (Carroll county) - built circa 1900 - came with its own ghosts - no one knows who they are or what they want but it looks like they're here to stay! I've been slowly working on a garden myself, but it's not always easy with the dreaded Georgia clay and bad soil (take my advice and amend it, amend it, amend it - it'll be worth it in the end). Your house looks similar to mine, I will post a photo.
27 May, 2010
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That sounds quite a project, Georgiamum, good fun though and all that garden to play with .... heaven !!!
It already seems to have a nice lot of colour with those flowers you've mentioned so you're on your way :-)))
You'll get lots of ideas from this site - too many probably ;-)))
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