Landscaping

Ouch, has it really been about a month since I've blogged? Oops. Well, I can claim that I've been busy...school's out now so the house is crowded and busy with four children. I've started working from home so my free evenings are now spent transcribing reality tv shows. Plus my church calling is taking up a ton of time...but hey, that's just life right? :)
Well, this past weekend Ryan and I decided to tackle our yard. We did quite a bit of planting and seeding a year or two ago (I can't remember...I must be getting old if the years are meshing together in my mind), but with early spring weather and then freezing temperatures....well, there went our work. And the ice storms didn't help either. Our poor sycamore tree doesn't even have a top on it. Anyway, so we went to the store to pick out flowers to surround the tree with. We both agreed that impatience would be best--it describes our family (mainly our children) at the moment. Well, and they're so pretty too. I was hoping to get the purple toned ones, but since there wasn't enough available, we decided on the fire and ice looking ones.



Now under the two windows in the front...that lovely area doesn't get an ounce of sunlight EVER thanks to our tree (and the way the house is positioned too). So we asked around to find out exactly what we could plant that doesn't require any sunlight. We decided on a couple of rows of hastas (oh, I butchered the spelling on that).




The last thing we did was cover it all in some cedar mulch (LOVE that smell) and water it with the sprinkler. Now let's see mother nature work her green thumb over here and beautify our yard!