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  • I’m running out of room

    March 11, 2013 /

    For plants in the yard. Ya’ll this is craziness! I have NEVER been a gardener but lately I can’t seem to get enough plants.

    Saturday I ran to Lowe’s and picked up some cute Coral Reef Sedum ground cover to replace the old, yucky, spotty monkey grass. I had no idea what I wanted when I went to Lowe’s but this cute stuff caught my eye and for $10.00 a flat I couldn’t pass it up.

    Yesterday I started working on digging up the current monkey grass. Thankfully it was a pretty small area but it still took about an hour for me to get it all pulled up. I planted my sedum and as I was finishing up Matt came out to check on my progress. By this time I knew I needed more garden border, potting soil, and mulch. He happily ran to Lowe’s while I worked on a few more things. Then he helped me get the border in place. Since the sedum is a trailing plant I figured it was probably a good idea to contain it the best I could. Plus the border makes the space look nice and finished.

    Unfortunately my gardening didn’t just stop with the ground cover. As we were walking into the grocery store I saw some beautiful flowers called ranunculus. I immediately fell in love and ended up buying a pot when we left. 🙂 Now I have to plant it. I thought I might pot it but I have a little space in the corner of the front with nothing there. I was just thinking I needed something for that space so I have a feeling that’s where the ranunculus will go.

    I have failed to mention just how sore I am. My hamstrings are killing me today. I knew it was going to be bad as soon as I headed up the stairs yesterday. I was right. Sore back, sore butt, sore hammies.

    Here are a few pics of the yard.

    This is last year before I did any yard work. I HATED these ugly bushes.
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    This is after we pulled the bushes out with the new Azaleas, Mums and Pansies. You can see the monkey grass by the porch.  I’m thinking I might put the ranunculus in between the mum on the left and the bush.  It’s pretty open and could use a filler.
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    My ranunculus
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    Close up of the Coral Reef Sedum
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    The Coral Reef Sedum where the monkey grass used to be.  It should fill the bed in a few months, I hope.
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    ~k

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  • Yard work Update

    October 15, 2012 /

    I decided I was having a competition with our neighbors across the street for the best yard.  They ripped out their bushes a few weeks before we did and planted one measly little plant.  It died before they got the other 2 in.  They’ve since added a couple of mums and bush but still, I feel like they had no direction so  clearly we just won.  In this post I showed you the before and after.  This weekend Matt and I ran to Lowe’s and got 5 small azaleas and a flat of pansies.  I bought 2 mums a few weeks ago but with my surgery I hadn’t been able to plant them.

    I asked my mom and dad to come over yesterday and help me plant my bushes.  I figured mom would enjoy doing some yard work since that’s her thing.  We figured out our arrangement and my dad was nice enough to dig holes for us so we could plant everything.  We staggered the azalea’s  put the mums at the bottom and planted the pansies in between the mums.  I think the arrangement turned out well.  Mom also brought me her irises.  We planted them on the side of the house for now.  Once mom and dad get settled she will take the ones she wants and leave me a few.  They aren’t really in the best spot but living in a townhouse there isn’t that much room to plant things.

     

     

    ~k

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