Wanted: Landscaping Ideas!

Today's expected high is 2 degrees below zero. And considering that last week it was a bitter 14 below, I'm getting geared up for spring.

Did I mention that my hubby couldn't get the car up the big snowy hill at the end of our road this morning and had to call a tow truck to get him out of the ditch? And that the tow truck couldn't come out for hours because he had to wait for our road to get plowed. And that I REALLY need to believe that spring is just around the corner or I just might go absolutely stir crazy stuck inside this house everyday with 2 little babies... We need our vitamin D!!!

So today is Works-For-Me-Wednesday, Backwards Edition. Which means that I get to ask my lovely readers for some advice. So, in the name of spring... I'm going to ask for some landscaping help. And while I enjoy your wonderful answers I'm going to pretend that my front yard isn't buried under 4 feet of snow.

We built a house a year and a half ago and haven't yet done much with our yard. Last year we started a vegetable garden and built a chicken coop...but the rest of the space is mostly dirt and weeds and whatnot. We do have a beautiful split rail fence out front that we intend to keep. What I need from you is some landscaping inspiration; hopefully from your own blogs, but links to sites you've found useful are appreciated as well. I want to see pictures of and read about wild flower gardens, homemade stone pathways and wooden arbors, entry gardens and herb gardens and butterfly gardens and so on!!! I want to be inspired by the thrifty and beautiful ideas of others. So please, what inspiring landscaping websites and blog posts Work For You?