Flower Bed #2

Every day so far this week I have been spending a good bit of time working in our front yard.

We began ripping apart the bushes, flower beds, etc at the beginning of the summer and it has been a VERY slow progress ever sense. Mostly because the roots for the large bushes are so embedded in the earth that it's difficult to get them out.

Unfortunately the houses on either side of us are for sale/going to be up for sale. Being that we recently became friendly with the old man to the left, we thought it'd be nice for us to get our yard looking nice to help sell his house more quickly (in my mind, no one wants to live in a house next to slobs). Granted, I'm not trying to give us too much credit, but it's just the motivation I needed to get going a little.

I finally finished the flower bed under our garage window that was previously covered in white stones and weeds and then started to chop down the holly bushes under our large front window and tried to attack the mess of an over-grown-whatever next to our drive way. Neither of which I'll be able to finish on my own.

Finally I began to clear out my future garden. On the side of our house, kind of behind our drive way are 2-3 tiers of garden space. I'd say they are roughly 5' deep and who knows how wide (at least 10'?). Each tier is framed our in large 6x6 logs and couldn't be more perfect for a little garden.

Next spring I plan to start a vegetable garden and am very excited for it. So excited that while at work the other night I saw some berry plants on sale and just HAD to get them. After talking to a few people I came to the conclusion they would survive through the winter and with a little TLC in the spring/summer, I'd have berries in bloom.

In addition, clearing out the garden area also plays a small role into the halloween party, because no one will be coming in the front entrance. Instead I'll be creating a path of some sort to usher them through our back door!

It's so nice to be finishing even the smallest projects!