Prepare for the attack

[fancytalk]

I've got a lot of posting to make up, so I will start with a "here's what I did over the weekend" post.

Way back when I posted pictures of what the front of the house looked liked when we bought it and the imbetween pictures of getting rid of the juniper and the stump. Since January we've literally had a brown, lumpy dirt patch in front of the house with nothing more than weeds growing. At least they were green, that is until I sprayed them with weed killer. Given the comments that we received while working out hineys off, our neighbors must have been wondering when and if we were ever going to do anything. I'm hoping we haven't disappointed them because my whole body is a bit painful today and I'd like the pain to be worth it.

We added a border to help keep the dirt from encroaching on the sidewalk and planted many pretty plants that stink good. We put in a banana plant and a Christmas conebush to help disguise the new placement of the electric meter box. I've got three rose bushes that are blooming, lavender, sage and a couple of smaller plants just because I thought they were pretty. I'm hoping it fills out nicely. And here is the final look after 14 bags of mulch.



Now we just have to paint the house.

Comments

[hippiedork.livejournal.com]

That looks really nice! Want to come do my front yard now? ;)

[yesimthegirl.livejournal.com]

If you'll come and do my back yard. ;)

[neebs.livejournal.com]

OOoh, it's cute!!!

[yesimthegirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks, now I get to do the backyard.

[rhiannonstone.livejournal.com]

Hey it's you! Welcome back to the land of the posty. ;) I love the garden plot--especially the combination of lavender and sage, which is going to smell wonderful in nice breezes.

[yesimthegirl.livejournal.com]

So much better than the cat pee smelling juniper that was there.

[rhiannonstone.livejournal.com]

Blecch, cat=pee juniper. Roses, sage, and lavender are definitely and improvement!

Hey, so are you still up for checking out the local RHPS scene sometime soon? :)

[yesimthegirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I was just going to shoot you an email to ask when you had free time. That way I can plan my back-breaking work-outs to avoid those Saturdays.

[rhiannonstone.livejournal.com]

This Saturday doesn't work because we've got dinner plans for Paul's birthday, but any subsequent Saturday works great!

[yarbiedoll.livejournal.com]

Wow! It looks so completely different! (And much more pleasant!) I can hardly remember that gangly, strangly juniper... well, I remember the horror stories of the juniper. It's great to know it's a plant totally in your past. Good work!