I love breaks from work/school and I try to make the most of them.
This spring break...yard work.
Stuff I have been putting off FOREVER! (well, almost 4 years!)
We haven't ever done anything with our yard really.
We put in a sago palm and little bed by the steps but didn't do a great job
and certainly haven't kept up with it.
SO, now was the time.
I've been wanting a flower bed around our tree for a long time
and I've been wanting to plant another tree (the "circle trees" are my favorites... beautiful pear trees)
The Hubs and I started Sunday.
We marked a circle around the tree (I had put bricks there months ago but it looked bad) and started digging up the grass. NOT FUN! dug it all out, then put the edging in. Then went in the weedcloth, cut holdes for my new flowers, and put it all in. Then covered it with some good rubber mulch. (If I only get around to this every 4 years, I knew we should invest in good mulch). VOILA! I LOOOOOVE it!
I couldn't stop there, so yesterday, last night, and this morning I raked out, cleaned up, edged, weed clothed, and mulched the big front bed. We planted two lantanas but nothing else. We have all we need in there.
OH MY! I can't get over how much better it looks! A REAL flower bed! TWO OF THEM!
I am so super excited!
We had to postpone completion of the new pear tree...we (well, my hubs actually) was hitting a LOT of rock trying to dig the hole. So he'll work on that again another day. Then we'll go ahead and do a flower bed around that tree too!
(if you click on the photos it will get bigger so you can see the typing...)YEA YEA YEA!
NOW...if ONLY we can get the grass to grow!
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(we're going to aerate, put down dirt, and throw down some seed next month!)
NOW the FUN part
all of us took place in helping plant so all of us needed some fun today too (mainly the kiddos!)
So I had been promising to make some "slime".
Elmer's glue
liquid starch
food coloring.
VOILA! Instant fun!
The kids loved it, especially my King of Slime!
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I'm soooo proud of you! What a productive day in the yard!! Wowza. Looks great. Hey, umm... I have a pitiful looking front flower bed. Wanna help? ;-)
The slime looks very fun. How much is in your carpet? ;-)
love ya!
Thanks soo much for coming today!