For cabinets, we decided to go with the unfinished stock cabinets (saving $1K). Keith stained a sample piece of unfinished oak in Red Cherry to see how it would look before we went ahead and bought all the cabinets.
While we waited for our dirt, I put my seedlings outside for some fresh air.
This is what I did with the sweet potato vine and licorice. It's supposed to grow really full and hang down.
My peony is taller already.
Funny thing. A squirrel must have buried a hazelnut in one of my planters. I went to pull this out and realized it was a little hazelnut tree. I hope to nurture it to maturity.
1:30 PM - Then came the dirt! We laid a tarp down to later cover the top soil in the event of rain.
And then we spent the next 6 hours shoveling top soil into a wheel barrow and dumping it along the house. Let me just say that I would never want to do this again!
5:00 PM
6:00 PM - We would pour it into our garden and then smooth it out with a hoe rake.
7:00 PM - I was surprised we got this far. It looks so nice.
Exhausted and broken.
I was so achy afterwards I couldn't even move.
Many times, I had to relocate the pre-existing flowers or shrubs.
I got the asian FOB squat down good.
TADAA!!! Be sure to water anything you plant new or relocated.
I love the tree. It really opens up the corner and you can see the flowers. The kids kept complimenting me on our new tree. They were so excited about it for some reason. It was so sweet.
Here's the North side of the house. I planted the daffodils last Fall. They are low maintenance so I'm happy with the way things look here. I just might add some other little annuals here and there.
Within the hydranagea, I found an old bird carcass. EWW
Keith pulled out the other dead tree. It was a mess! I also cleaned between the hydrangea bush. There were lots of dead stems. We were too tired to do anything else at this point, so we're saving the rest for tomorrow or next week!
We haven't decided what to plant here yet. Any suggestions?
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