Caroline, that's the area my mom grew up!
I have no backyard... I live in an apartment. But my (fairly large) balcony illustrates two theories I have: you can never have too many plants (hanging, sitting along all the walls, in windowboxes...); and you can
never have too many windchimes! As far as larger "backyards" go, I live about 10 miles from the Pacific. I'll take that over just about any other view, anyday.
