Yard Work

Remember when our backyard looked like this?

Well, Patrick has been super busy!  As mentioned before, he started by weed-eating the entire lawn.  Then he put out some weed & feed.  Since then, he's been watering daily & has put out more weed & feed.  And the lawn began improving!

I cleared out the back corner where vines had taken over the irises & rose bush.  We're trying to decide whether to keep the back corner bed or just let the lawn take it over.

Patrick even surprised me on a Friday afternoon by clearing out one of the two back beds!

Remember that the front yard looked like this?

We spent an evening chopping down shrubs & digging up the front beds.

The shrub roots proved a little stronger/deeper than expected, so we had to enlist a little help from a friend with a truck.

And now the front bed is completely cleared out & ready for planting!!!

Now that the beds are clear out, we can finish up the to-do list:
            1.  Till up beds
            2.  Put out edging
            3.  Fill in with compost dirt
            4.  Plant!