It's taking more time than I wanted it to because the weather is not COOPERATE. It's been really muggy. I hate muggy and muggy hates me. I've gotten some progress though. The grass and rose bushes are gone. It's hard to tell, but I've planted 2 types of hostas and I need to go and get my tree and other various flowers. Hopefully I'll get to pick them up tomorrow. :)





Next to the steps I planted 2 Minnesota Dwarf Mockoranges.

They smell sooooo good. I can smell them from the other side of my yard on a breezy day. Then rocked in around them to make it a solid area around the stairs. I'm putting some black-eyed susans in front of the porch along with some purple salvia and possibly something red. I'll figure it out when I get to Otten Brothers.




Here's some other landscaped areas I did in the last few summers. This one was just to get rid of the grass along the shore. It wasn't 'great grass' and the sprinklers never watered it well enough. So I just put in some spirillas. Pink blooms on them and the leaves turn yellow in the fall. They'll get alot bigger. They were really small when I put them in last summer. This area is full sun all day long. It gets pretty dry. Spirilla's don't need much water THANK GOD.






This was done a few summers ago, when I was about 6 months pregnant. There's a platform in the middle with chairs. I planted Astilibes in all colors in the back of the platform and hostas along the shoreline. Two big hydrangas with white blooms are planted on both sides of the stepping stones. I had to use the white variety because they would get mostly shade. This area gets little sun, maybe 2-4 hours a day due to it's directly under a huge oak tree.

That's my yard! Not so exciting but I put the labor in it so I'm happy with it. I've never had a plant die so I don't have a brown thumb, but I wouldn't say by any means I have a great greenie. I wish I had a knack for putting together lavish beautiful flower filled gardens. Mine are sorta just regular looking. I'm not unhappy with them, but when I do drive-by's and see beautiful gardens, I wish I could re-create that. One reason why I probably can't is price. Plants are pretty expensive. I have to budget since I stay home.

One thing great about gardening, is when you get a good base garden going, you can add to it in future years. Then the garden looses that 'new sparse' look and when you add to it, it gets fuller and more plush looking. I love plush!

Well, that's the Tour du Jardens a Christine! My next garden post will be when it's finished. Probably around August. Heh.

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