Yard Work....

So last weekend was supposed to be fun. Thanks to the gas scare in our area (no gas in most stations due to the hurricanes), we were forced to stay home for fear we would be stranded somewhere with no way home. It ended up being a very productive weekend. We had a tree company come and take a few dead trees that didn't make it through the drought. They also thinned out or "topped" up most of our trees so more sunlight was able to seep into our backyard and finally let our poor hollys, that we have been trying to grow as screeners in the backyard, get some light. Well.... Boo took the "forced IN" weekend as an opportunity to do some serious yard work. We rented a tiller, bought hay, seeds, pine needles, and mums and went to work! We tilled up the bald patches of ground (which was about 1/4 of my yard and let me tell you, tilling is some seriously hard work!), we sprinkled LOTS of seeds around, covered it all with hay/straw, watered it, and said a nice prayer to the Grass Gods to please, please let the little seeds germinate and grow. We transplanted about 9 big monkey grass plants (picture on right) 2 fire shrub bushes from the back yard to the front yard and insulated them with pine needles. We then planted a couple of burnt orange colored mums (perfect for fall) in my two big containers at the front door. Believe it or not, that took ALL DAY to do.

On Sunday we took the tiller back and bought more straw, mums, and some needed hardware for our closet system. Seems that our closet system, on my side, no longer wanted to stay bolted to the walls. (Boo blamed it on too many clothes... oops) So, after another trip to Lowes, we finally get back and finish up haying the yard and watering everything. The extra orange and wine colored mums were transplanted in a container in front of the garage and in a small flower bed next to the garage. Boo gets an idea to "trim" up the holly bushes in the front yard. Well.... he basically gave them a "high and tight" crew cut like they were signing up for the military! I about cried over one of the holly's . It seriously looked like a bunch of sticks. He said he had a design in mind and wanted to try something. I think he was in some power trip/ testosterone fog with the chain saw and just hacked away to his hearts content. :) (Tim "the tool time" Allen would be proud.) Hopefully they will grow back soon. While he cleaned up, I went inside and pulled out all my fall decorations and put them out around the house. We finally get the energy to tackle the closet project, and I weeded through all my clothes and tossed/packed things I didnt' wear or were too summery. Eventhough I didn't get to do anything super fun this weekend. I was still outdoors most of the time :) and it is definitely fall in the Sweetpea household. Til Next time. GET OUTDOORS!