I think we've officially decided we hate grass. And by that I mean the grass that we have here in IA. No underground sprinkler system and the preponderance of weeds and bugs have really put a cabash on our attempts to have the green carpet lawn that we had in CA. But we have tried. Well, this spring there was an area of reseeded lawn that looked just horrible. It took about 2 days to percolate in my mind (along with staring out the window while I was between ironing shirts) and I decided to extend a flower bed. I told Mike about my idea, got his go ahead and started removing sod (and I use that term lightly here). I think we've officially become "those" people in the neighborhood. My neighbor said, "Hey Miss HGTV, what are you doing now?" We had neighbors in CA, Jack and Debbie, who thankfully don't know about this blog that continually were "putzing" about their yard. Always adding a little something here and there. It was nice at first and then it was like - what on earth are they doing? Oh man, that it is over the top, too much! All I have to say though is that both our neighbors across the street have done landscaping projects this spring after we started this one. So maybe we are spurring them on? Or the stimulus checks are working!
So here it is, before and after pictures:
We've lots of plants in but I know that it is hard to see. The colors will be yellow, red, purple and white. I've also tried to throw in some grey-green foliage to foil the bright colors and help it all meld. We'll see how it looks in full bloom!
Oh, and here are a few more pictures of the yard.
The garden last week. Currently we are eating radishes, green onions and cilantro from the garden. Not much but some!
And here is a super cheap garden art project. Two horribly hideous fake butterflies left in the front bushes by the previous owners - I mean they were ugly - and one left over can of silver spray paint from another project and this is what you get:
Not nearly as ugly and I think they are kind of cute. You can keep your opinion to yourself if you feel otherwise - they are in our backyard.
4 comments:
OK You are way too ambitious. Love the look though. I started in my flower beds yesterday. Lots of work to go. If it would stay above freezing in the Arctic North Dakota I would have been more anxious earlier.
Looks Lovely Garden Girl! Ditto to Wanda's comment! If the cold nights would cease maybe we could plant something! Dean is anxiously waiting to put his tomatoes in. But not so many compared to last year - with baby on the way - I'm not going to fuss with salsa!
I like your idea!! It will keep people from cutting corners on your lawn too. Post again when it's in full bloom, I want to see it!
I like my Martha Stewart nickname for you better than the HGTV one. Do they cook too on HGTV? You have to get all of your traits encompassed into one nickname! :)
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