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Yard of the Month – April 2010
We had many beautiful yards to choose from this month but after driving every street in Lazybrook, we finally came back to our own block and selected the home of Dennis and Vickie Krolczyk for April Yard of the Month.
Dennis and Vickie have lived at 2011 Willowmoss Ct for seventeen years and they do all their own landscaping and planting. They even put the landscape brick around their flower beds. Their design of this feature in the yard is very graceful and presents a very nice appearance from the street. This yard is more beautiful during April than any other part of the year because the Azaleas were in full bloom. Across the entire front of the house, the Krolczyk’s have white GG Gerbing Azaleas and in the large bed on the right side of the sidewalk they have a large mass of Formosa Azaleas which are covered with dark pink colored blooms. Near the right corner of the house in front of the GG Gerbing azaleas, Vickie and Dennis have planted some smaller Azaleas which have salmon colored blooms and near the sidewalk around the large Pine tree they have some light pink Encore Azaleas and some Agapanthus.
All the Azaleas are very neatly trimmed. Vickie says that she trims them immediately after they finish blooming to avoid cutting off next years blooms. In front of the large window just to the right of the front door the Krolczyk’s have planted boxwoods and variegated Aztec grass is planted in front of the bed along the sidewalk. A single Firespike which is still recovering from the freeze is planted behind the Boxwoods.
A neatly trimmed Japanese Yew is planted near the front door and a brightly colored pot of Impatiens is near the door. Cast Iron plants fill the space between the driveway and the side of the house.
The photo shows the beautiful mature Water Oak, Red Oak and Pine trees that surround the house.
Letter from the President
With Daylight Saving Time just around the corner my thoughts turn to longer daylight hours and the opportunity to say hello to my neighbors as they walk/run by my driveway each evening upon my return from work. The dreary winter with the drive to and from work in the dark combined with the cold/rain was rough on my psyche. I am a social person and appreciate you all joining us at the 5th Friday Social in January. It was my life line to spring.
Now I am dreaming of all the new things I can plant to replace my not so hardy dead stuff in our flower beds. It is going to be interesting to see what plants bud out and which ones say goodbye forever. I want to thank Carolyn Lehnert, our Beautification Chair, for allowing us a winter planting opportunity for the saplings in TC Jester Park. More thanks to my fellow dirt diggers – Richard Cade who came because he is the 1ST Lady, Richard Akin who is always ready with a shovel, Dwayne Davis from our Oversight Committee, Eddie Yarbrough my fellow plant enthusiast and her neighbors, Laura and John McCarver for helping us that cold winter day.
Please stop and speak with your neighbors as you see them outside this spring. For those who are crosswise with their neighbors, take the high road and let past neighborly rifts, loud music, tree branches and hurt feelings fade into an unpleasant memory. Be tolerant and reach out to your neighbor as we’ve all had at least one disagreement over the fence or through the hedge this lifetime.
As a new year beckons us to look outside ourselves and get involved, may Richard Cade and I wish you pleasant planting, rigorous running, daily doggie duties or woefully walking – whatever gets you outside in this beautiful spring season – we hope you enjoy it!