Dirt And Flowers

We spent the weekend sweating, covered in dirt, and drinking from the hose. It is officially summer! We've had quite a few projects in the yard that we knew we wanted to do this weekend, and it all looks great! The two main projects we wanted to do in the front yard were building a flower bed around the mailbox and adding edging and mulch to our front flower bed.

We transferred stones from the side of our house where they were never seen and also transplanted a hosta plant. The hosta plant is struggling a little bit and we may have to tear it up after all, but we're going to keep watering it and see what happens.

We added a trellis and bougainvillea plant to the back. Hopefully it will climb up and grow around the mailbox. I love the color it adds!

Okay, on to the front flower bed. Our bed looked so parched and empty. This is what it was before...

We added red mulch last year, but it wasn't our favorite. It's a large bed and we've only been able to add a few plants, so the bed looked pretty desolate.

Steve worked SO HARD adding the edging to the bed.

"Slaving away" and hauling dirt

What's yardwork without a pitcher of unsweet tea?

We added dark brown mulch, edging, and a large hosta plant to the bed. It still needs some work and additional plants, but it looks so much cleaner!

And finally, some purple flowers called serenas were planted along both sides of the sidewalk leading up to the door.