We took advantage of the beautiful weather this weekend to get our flower beds back into shape. I don't have the best green thumb, yet I still enjoy the process of creating my flower beds and trying to maintain it. One thing I learned this season is that 'annuals' you must replant each year and 'perennials' come back year after year. Oops! I had that backwards last year and planted alot of things that died at the end of the season, never to return. Lesson learned and I made better choices in my purchases this time around. My Grandma gave me some things from her garden so I stuck those in the ground and am hoping for the best. Her gardens are beautiful and if I have a fourth of what she has I will be pleased with myself. Brian dug around two of our trees in the front yard so I could plant some more flowers and I think it all turned out awesome! Sadly one of our trees didn't make it through the ice storm and we will have to cut it down. I love my trees and hate to see it go.
Our fence is also complete and I love the boundaries it has brought! I didn't want a privacy fence for it would block the beautiful view we have so we went with the cyclone fence. Another check completed off our list of things to do.
We have a big plastic pool we brought out so the boys were entertained with that all weekend long and it was definitely hot enough to get alot of use out of it! I hope to keep everything alive this time around. I think my problem is I water it all TOO much and they end up drowning. One word of advice the gardening lady gave me was the more you ignore it, the better they seem to do. Any one else have some words of advice?
We took advantage of the beautiful weather this weekend to get our flower beds back into shape. I don't have the best green thumb, yet I still enjoy the process of creating my flower beds and trying to maintain it. One thing I learned this season is that 'annuals' you must replant each year and 'perennials' come back year after year. Oops! I had that backwards last year and planted alot of things that died at the end of the season, never to return. Lesson learned and I made better choices in my purchases this time around. My Grandma gave me some things from her garden so I stuck those in the ground and am hoping for the best. Her gardens are beautiful and if I have a fourth of what she has I will be pleased with myself. Brian dug around two of our trees in the front yard so I could plant some more flowers and I think it all turned out awesome! Sadly one of our trees didn't make it through the ice storm and we will have to cut it down. I love my trees and hate to see it go.
Our fence is also complete and I love the boundaries it has brought! I didn't want a privacy fence for it would block the beautiful view we have so we went with the cyclone fence. Another check completed off our list of things to do.
We have a big plastic pool we brought out so the boys were entertained with that all weekend long and it was definitely hot enough to get alot of use out of it! I hope to keep everything alive this time around. I think my problem is I water it all TOO much and they end up drowning. One word of advice the gardening lady gave me was the more you ignore it, the better they seem to do. Any one else have some words of advice?
2 comments:
Looks good. I really like the fence.
I have no advice, I do not like ourside work, I have never mowed a yard, or planted anything outside either. I have pulled some weeds, but do not enjoy it - hehehe Best of luck w/ the outside work. I like the fence, can my kids come over and roam free outside?
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