Landscaping

Now that the inside of the house is complete (for now), we decided to try our hand at landscaping. After sufficiently killing the Geraniums in our front planter, we dug out the carcasses and replaced them with a few other plants, including a Gardenia plant which will supposedly grow up a trellis (we'll see). Then we dug out the old rose bushes in front of the house (the neighbors said they hadn't bloomed in years) and replaced them with some Lillies of the Valley kindly given to us by my mother-in-law. Eric and I planted, placed large rocks and spread mulch and it looks pretty awesome if I do say so myself. Our neighbors then laughed at us and said the old rose bushes had once replaced Lillies of the Valley about fifteen years prior. We're bringin' it full swing! We also bought two plants to place in planters under our front window for some interest and hung up black shutters on the front window to add some character.

Last, we dug up dead grass and flattened the soil to prepare for sod in a few weeks. We are very proud of ourselves and just hope none of the new plants die! We still need to finish painting the outside of the house once the weather cools down (which may never happen with this ridiculous summer we're having here in SoCal).

Enjoy the pictures!

~ Heidi