I’ve been a bit of a slacker about getting posts up lately. It seems like this week has flown by, and I’m just now getting up posts from this past weekend. Daniel and I spent a weekend of serious yard work (and the thing about yard work is that it’s never completely finished–there’s always mowing, weeding, and so on).
Daniel tackled the front yard and I worked on the big flower bed in the back. Aside from mowing and spraying (yet again) for weeds, he also edged the driveway. It looks absolutely amazing, and I can’t believe the contrast. It really makes the yard look so much more manicured and well kept.
Here’s what it looked like before (unfortunately I had to dig up a picture from March):
And here’s the finished result:
The flower bed in the backyard is where our herb garden is thriving… unfortunately the weeds were also thriving. In fact, I’m embarrassed to admit that some of the weeds were like 4 feet tall (granted some did look more like wildflowers than weeds… very wild wildflowers). Unfortunately, I didn’t think to take a before picture, but it looked similar to this picture, which was back when we first looked at the house:
Yes, I know, I let things get a little out of hand. I did some serious weeding though (in fact, I got the worst sunburn on my back that I think I’ve ever gotten, and the following day I was quite convinced that my back would never completely straighten). The hard work did pay off though.
One big empty flower bed:
So I made a trip to Lowe’s and stocked up on 60+ plants (it is a really big bed after all), mostly annuals (petunias, marigolds, impatiens, a couple of Gerber daisies) along with a daylily, geranium and some plants that I can’t remember their names (the clearance section at Lowe’s provided some excellent deals).
They’re definitely starting out small, but if they do as well as the herbs and other annuals that we already have planted, the whole bed should be filled with flowers in a month or so.
On a side note, I just saw a orange tomato today, so it looks like we might be taking a bite soon!
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The bed looks fabulous!!!!It is a large bed indeed!!!!!I love all of the color!
Aren’t you happy you all planted your own tomatoes now that they are being pulled from the shelves? Yea, you!
love,
Mama/Joan
Thanks!!! Unfortunately, the Charleston summer has made upkeep next to impossible. I’m pretty sure I’ll be heading back to Lowe’s (with their one-year guarantee).