Before and Now pictures of homesteads

[Deberosa]

What did you all start with? Right about this time of year I feel like I am getting nowhere fast, but today I decided to dig up some pictures I took on the day I closed on this house in 2003 and compare that with today. I've included a couple here but will add more as I get time to dig them up.

Here is the first one:

Back yard on sale day:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/deberosa/MVC-543F.jpg

And Back yard today(five years almost later ( I can't believe how much the trees have grown!):

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/deberosa/001-5.jpg

[Deberosa]

Here's another one:

Front yard on sale day (notice the brambles in the background!):

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/deberosa/MVC-602F.jpg

And today:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/deberosa/006-3.jpg

[rae-dean]

beautiful...love your garden and am jealous of your clothes line. ;D
we are not allowed here.but i do hang things over the porch rails...how much land do u have?wonderful yard and u all have done alot.rae-dean

[logansackett]

No wonder you keep so busy deb, good looking garden. You are not allowed a clothes line? What in the he@@ is the world coming to?

[walls0stone]

that's nutts! Who would put up a fuss over a clothes line? But I did work in a place that banned flags. All Flags!

[logansackett]

Good God, I repeat "What in the HE** has the world come to" and more important what can we do about it?

[MotherCharlotte]

I live in a townhouse, and I am not allowed to hang laundry outside at all either. It pisses me off every time there is a sunny, breezy day and I have to hang the laundry inside. I don't understand what is so offensive about drying clothes!

[jen_in_southtexas]

Nice pics Deberosa. Thank you for sharing with us.

-j

[Deberosa]

Unfortunately the clothesline doesn't get much use in this climate with 6 feet of rain a year! It is nice to have though.

Jen, remember to take the "before" pictures so you have a history when you think you are not getting very far with your new place. I wish I had taken more when I first moved in, but much of the property was like the brambles around the barn - I couldn't easily get to a spot to take a picture!

[ASG]

Well mine's still in the "before" stage. These pics are actually from the appraisal report and brochure by the state (Alaska, I bought it from the state). They're taken from the neighboring lot, looking towards mine. Mine starts about where the taller spruce start (sorry, resizing them made a couple of them slightly blurry):

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm247/arctichomesteader/25lookingnorth.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm247/arctichomesteader/Tkentucky_creek_ii_1.jpg

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm247/arctichomesteader/Tkentucky_creek_ii_.jpg

I'll have my work cut out for me, clearing about an acre out of the 20 I bought next spring/summer and putting up a cabin...