In case you’ve been wondering where we’ve been for the last few weeks we’ve been outside. We decided we needed some color around our house so we decided to plant some flowers. The first thing we did was enlist the help of Mom and Dad O. Then we had 4 cubic yards of topsoil delivered.
Giant Dirt Pile
After the delivery we set out to dig out the flower beds. I would be lying if I said it was easy to dig up so much of the grass we had put down last year and had been nourishing for so long. By the end of day one, we had the beds edged out, most of one bed dug, and a few things planted.
Half-way done
Day 2 of the first weekend of gardening continued much like day 1, digging up sod and planting more plants. Of course, we didn’t own all of the plants so we left little flags up reminding us where we had space saved for a plant.
Done Planting
By the end of the weekend we had nearly transformed our little tiny beds of flowers into nice large flower beds with a lot more variety and color. Besides a few plants here and there, the only missing was the mulch.
Fast forward a few weeks later to our next free weekend. We called and asked for 5 cubic yards of mulch to be delivered. Relative to our 4 cubic yards of soil, I’d say we got a bit more mulch than we had asked for…by 2-3 yards.
We had enough mulch to cover the front bed that swooped around the side near the A/C units, the side bed next to the garage, around both of the tress not in beds, the mum bed near the irrigation backflow, under our deck, and half-way down the hill in the resource protection are in the back! It was a lot of back-breaking wheelbarrow-full trips up and down the yard but in all, I think it was worth it.
Looking around now after fertilizing, feeding, and getting all of these plants established it looks wonderful. Only one problem that I didn’t expect, what do I do with them now… they’re getting huge! I keep wondering if I’m going to hear, “feed me Seymour” from one of them.
All Done
Adding plants around the house was not the only way we were adding some color. This past weekend we stained and sealed both our front porch and back deck. Luckily it was 92-94 the day we applied it and that it was oil-based, because that evening it poured down raining (it was only supposed to be a 15-20% chance of showers).
did you cry when you had to dig up the grass? i know i would
….. if we even had any!!!! hahaha
-Erin
It was hard to watch it go. We did manage to save some of it and replant it in the backyard where there used to be just dirt. We had offered it up to our neighbors but I don’t think any of them took some.