Our front flower garden has been a thorn in my side since we moved in. Our first attempt to fix the mess was one year ago. My parents came to visit us for Spring Break/Easter and ended up helping us hook the horribly placed bushes to our Yukon to be ripped out. My mom helped me remove the river rock by hand. This may or may not be the reason my dad left with Pneumonia.
With the bushes and rock removed, I was left with a clean slate. I purchased 10 perennial plants for the perimeter, large grasses to place in front of electrical stuff, and a beautiful azalea bush to detract from the big green phone box. With the new bushes in, we placed down inexpensive bark knowing that when it got all faded and old we would just vacuum it up and place more down.
And then the winds of Richland started. Good bye bark, hello bare spots. So I decided to pool the bark around the bushes and then place rock throughout the rest. I loved the look!! Again, each rock was touched by hand and placed in the garden. Randy thought I was crazy to do it all by hand, but I love working in the yard! However, that look didn't last too long. Wind is not my favorite! So, once again, I moved each rock by hand while Randy vacuumed out the last of the bark. It was a large job, but it was nice to have the whole family involved.
The last of our projects for a beautiful Saturday afternoon was removing the bushes in-between the driveways. I love bushes and greenery, but each time we opened our door we hit into the bush. Since we downsized quite a bit moving into this house, our garage is now our shed as well. One day we'll move to a bigger house with more storage, but for now, we're just fine with this scenario.
Good for us, not so good for the bushes.
You can see that there are only five members of our family in the above picture. Someone needs to supervise and capture the pictures (and I'm always happy to volunteer), but where is Brennon? He got water on his shirt- it needed to be changed. Again, undeniable proof that he is my child. I HATE wet clothes!!!
It may not sound like a fun activity to do as a family right before our last hurdle, but it was exactly what we needed. It felt good to be out in the perfect weather, actually enjoying the slight breeze, and working with our hands. We sat back and admired our work and ended up going the long way around the loop a few times to look at our accomplishments from every angle. Caden had to be reminded to take breaks for both rest, water, and food, but it was so good to see him out and working. He was reduced to a wheelchair after Round 1, barely able to walk upstairs, so it was refreshing to see him helping. And just to clarify, the picture of them trying to pull out the bush was staged. Our Yukon should get some credit in this project. I would hate to hurt its feelings and have it die on us this week!
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