Despite the unpredictable weather these past few weeks, Das and I have made quite some progress on our yard. Last year was so hard for us, since we moved in late April and the weeds had already started to sprout. And on top of that, I was pregnant. But we set out some goals, and the last few Saturdays, we have been able to get out and get to work. We have a hundred or more Irises in our yard, so we dug some up last fall and kept the bulbs in a bag. I wasn't sure they would survive, but when I pulled them out, they were already sprouting. My cute neighbor boy had dug some holes for me while Das was out of town, and then I broke up the bulbs and re-planted them. Here are the before and after pics.
This next fall I will be breaking up a lot more of my bulbs if anyone is interested in taking some. They are beautiful!
Here I felt we had a few spaces that could be filled. So in the spot where Das and I are putting our raised garden there were a few bushes that Das dug up and replanted in between these.
This tree was smack in the middle of our backyard and would have been an issue with our raised gardens.
So Das dug it up, (all though they say only to replant stuff in the fall) and replanted it. I am sure it will survive, cuz this weather has been so unpredictable. It sure gave him a work out though trying to get it out. I better fill the hole in before the boys burry each other in it.
This is the Southwest corner of our house. My brother in law Bruce thought it should be re-planted here.
I think it looks fantastic. It will give perfect shade when it gets bigger.
This is the Northeast corner of our house. Up top are strawberries and ruhbarb. To the right of them are are a bunch of raspberry bushes. Das pulled that bush out.....which was dead, and I started weeding to prepare for our grow boxes.
So this is the beginning of our boxes. My brother in law Bruce had some grow boxes at his work and my cool nephew David brought them over. And then on Saturday my amazing sister Lynette and her husband Bruce and their son Zach came to help us put them together. We plan on moving these back towards the fence a couple feet and then adding two more boxes on each side.
Lynette has a green thumb. I asked her if she would come take a look at our rose bushes. Who knows how old these bushes are or when the last time they were pruned.
I am so lucky to have such a wonderful sister who has devoted so much time to help us get our yard together.
While Lynette was pruning our rose bushes, I decided to weed a little.
It always amazes me how fast flowers sprout and how they can survive the cold. I am so excited to see how our yard will look in a couple of months and in a couple of years.
We love working in our yard! It's less anxiety this year (not pregnant) and we can enjoy it more than last year. We still have lots of work to be done, but one step at a time.
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