Sunday, April 3, 2011

Green Thumb Gertie

Well, I finally decided to beautify our front yard. It needs serious help! For starters, take a look at the flower bed...
I haven't touched the flower bed since we moved here just over a year ago. The person who had it before us did a very random job when they planted the flowers and bushes. And the bushes SUCK because they are sticker bushes. I hate those! It was time for them to go, SO I got to work!

Below: Dug out the nasty bushes and half of the grass has been dug up.
That is tough work!

The rest of the grass is gone! yay!

Now for some quality soil and compost!
(yes, I shoveled ALL of that by myself! With my creepy male neighbors watching)

Finished! It'll look better once the soil settles.

So now I'm waiting for my baby seeds to grow up a little bit, then I'll plant them in the flower bed too! Hooray for my first flower bed!
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5 comments:

debra said...

You are your mother's daughter!
It is going to be beautiful.

Princess Christy said...

Wow! I wish I was that motivated - I managed to weed my beds fully once last year, but that was it. I'm slowly pruning things to grow this year, but yours looks fantastic!

JG said...

Wow, go you!! Part of me really misses working in a flower bed, misses picking out the plants and seeing them grow. Can't wait to see how it grows :)

Holly said...

looks fabulous! did you finish that all in one day?!?!

Mrs. H said...

It looks so good! I'm also so glad you are back to posting!