We mulched the non-planted parts of the upper yard and it dramatically improved the look.  We are hoping to mulch the remainder of the grass this weekend (or very soon) because our weeds are not so attractive.

Here’s a side view of the yard with the chives and the thyme in flower (taken on 5/10/09).

The chives are still in full-flower, but the thyme flowers have come and gone.  Also, the sage got some pretty purple flowers that are mostly gone now.  It looks like our lavender will start to flower any day now — it didn’t flower at all last year, so we’re looking forward to the lavender blossoms this year.  Our blueberries (the tall, thin bush in front of the porch) also flowered early this spring.  It looks like we’re going to get quite a crop of blueberries from it very soon!

Here’s the view from the street.

Next up — photos of our garden on top of the garage roof and also the progress on the back deck footings.