Curb Appeal!
Well, it was definitely time to get outside and work on making our landscaping look better. It was not appealing whatsoever in my opinion and probably many others. We have lived in this house almost 3 years now and have basically mowed the lawn and continuously pulled weeds out of the beds. It would take hours there were so many. But it took us this long to do something because there were far more important projects inside our little "fixer-upper."
I wanted to take 2 of the 4 big trees out of one flower bed. Seriously, too much for such a small space. It was awkward and overgrown. So when Brent was in Africa, my parents were here visiting for a few days and my dad always loves a good project. He got a towing chain and Brent's truck and started pulling after he first cut around the base of each tree. The first one came out pretty easily and we were both surprised but pleased. So naturally we thought the second would come out that easily too. Not the case. All was well, just took MORE time. Then with all the mud we tracked on the driveway from the trees, it took me about 2 hours to wash the driveway...it was thick and caked on! But well worth it.
When Brent returned, we both worked a full Friday and Saturday outside moving rocks; laying a new border; planting 10 Snow White Indian Hawthorns, 3 Bay-breeze Indian Hawthorns, and 2 Oleanders; laying weed guard material; and putting out 29 bags on mulch. We planned to add some other small plants to bring in color, but we need another free weekend.
Here are the results:
