house for sale in Patzcuaro: www.houseforsalemexico.com

Listed at $245,000. www.houseforsalemexico.com

Please see our photo album here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29157052@N02/sets/72157606656238101/

We created this house and nature refuge in our backyard in Fraccionamiento Corazon de Durazno in Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico. The house construction was finished in October 2006 and landscaping was begun in February 2007. This video was made in July 2010. Everything you see was planted by us and it all grew to its present state in about 3.5 years.

My husband terraced the lot with only a shovel and wheelbarrow. He built an upper and lower yard area with a set of steps to connect the two areas. He built the retaining walls of rocks of different sizes and he built the arbor over the stairway. Together we made the pond with cascading waterfalls, which quickly became popular with birds of all colors bathing together in the shallow areas of the falls.

Although we have next door neighbors, our backyard is totally private and secluded with no other houses visible. It is a private paradise.

The only thing we did not plant was one Michoacan Pine tree in the north corner of the backyard--it was there already. The plantings include angel trumpets (Brugmansia), princess tree (Tibouchina), peach trees, cedar trees, ash trees, bottlebrush trees, pink peppercorn trees, ficus trees, pine trees, cypress tree, grenadas (pomegranates) lantanas, roses, lavenders, mexican sages (Salvia leucantha), calendulas, coreopsis, cosmos, dozens of varieties of succulents, various wild salvias, scheffleras, passionflower vines, nasturtiums, mandevillas, bamboo, fig trees, novias del sol, lion's tail (Leonatis leonurus), impatiens, kalanchoes, hydrangea, azalea, sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima), aloe, fuchsia, and I'm sure I've forgotten dozens of others. There are many plants that I still have no idea what their names are.

We recorded 85 + species of birds that visit the yard at different seasons throughout the year. We are still seeing "new" birds even after nearly 5 years there. They are all my favorites and all are interesting, but some you may find interesting are: Red-faced Warbler, Cinnamon-belled Flower-piercer, Crescent-chested Warbler, Hooded Finch, Violet-crowned Hummingbird, Green Violatear, Grey Silky-flycatcher, Flame-colored Tanager, Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush, Magnificent Hummingbird, White-throated Thrush, Lazuli Bunting, Hepatic Tanager, Sparkling-tailed Woodstar, Mexican Whip-poor-will........and about 60 + others. You will wake up to fresh mountain air and birdsong all the year long.

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[underoath2k7]

Absolutely beautiful!! your so lucky to have a place like this!

I have alot of fancy plants like these inside! but since I live in Ireland they will never get outside! :[

[ptzmichmex]

@underoath2k7

Thank you so much for your kind comments. I apologize for taking so long to respond to you. I never thought I would have a backyard like this. It was a lot of work but it was also very gratifying. I think that taking care of these kinds of plants indoors, however, is actually much harder work! Congrats to you on your indoor garden!

[underoath2k7]

@ptzmichmex

gratifying is just the word for it :)

and thanks!!

my outdoor garden is coming on great too!! il get a video of it when its looking well in summer time! :D