Last Fall, we moved into a new home in a maple forest
![Smile :) :)](/community/styles/420style/smilies/emojione/smile.png)
I've previously had homes with gardens near the coast of central California and central Arizona. But it's been awhile since I started out maintained a garden. She previously had a home with a garden in central Illinois along the Mississippi.
This journal is not of a complete garden, but rather a transformation from barren lawnscape to a habitat for plants, animals, birds and silly humans.
We start with a blank canvas of grass, bordered by rocks, holding a thin line of suburbia again the massive ferns and untended forest.
The transformation begins.
![Smile :) :)](/community/styles/420style/smilies/emojione/smile.png)
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![Smile :) :)](/community/styles/420style/smilies/emojione/smile.png)
I've previously had homes with gardens near the coast of central California and central Arizona. But it's been awhile since I started out maintained a garden. She previously had a home with a garden in central Illinois along the Mississippi.
This journal is not of a complete garden, but rather a transformation from barren lawnscape to a habitat for plants, animals, birds and silly humans.
We start with a blank canvas of grass, bordered by rocks, holding a thin line of suburbia again the massive ferns and untended forest.
![20130517_112459-1.jpg](https://www.420magazine.com/gallery/data/1398/20130517_112459-1.jpg)
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The transformation begins.