Check out our curb appeal!

Our front flower beds are looking lush.  Warm weather and rain will do that.  Yesterday afternoon I ventured outside to take a few photos of the front yard so we can document what is planted where, as well as how the plants are filling in their spaces.  Later in the evening I decided to look at the photos included in the August 2011 post and am amazed at the transformation from just one year ago.  Without realizing it, I snapped photographs of the front yard on March 30, 2011, too.  Yay!

Let's start from the beginning, shall we?

May 14, 2009 - The house is officially ours.

June 19, 2010

November 2, 2010 - We created a flower bed on the north side of the porch which then wrapped
around to the front of the house, connecting with the flower bed in front of the ramp.

April 30, 2011

April 30, 2012 - Many plants are well established now.  A couple dozen
new bulbs were added in the fall ('11) as well a few plants this spring.

July 3, 2009

August 27, 2011

April 30, 2012

August 27, 2011

April 30, 2012

This year's vegetable garden is official.  After a few hours of getting good and grubby, all of the seedlings were transplanted in the garden bed.  Many seeds were directly sown into the soil too.  Right now, it mostly looks like sticks are planted in the garden.  Hopefully, by this time next month, all of the vegetables and flowers will be well on their way and looking as lush as the flower beds in the front yard.

The rain barrels are out and collecting water.  The main barrel is a quarter full just from today's gentle rain.  We hope you're enjoying the spring by getting Earth under your nails and planting many pretty things!


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