Weekend Yardwork

Before
Before
After: planted with new perennials
Lovely lily in bloom
Boxwoods to be planted in front of deck

After praying long and hard to the lawn gods, Scotts, John Deere and Snapper, we finally were blessed with the return of our lawnmower...just in time to spend the weekend in the yard. Mike mowed the lawn, while I weeded the flower beds and planted lots of colorful perennials: daisies, black-eyed susans, pincushion flowers and day lillies. We also planted several boxwoods along the front edge of the deck, and ripped out some bushes on the side of the yard. We finished the weekend by laying nearly 100 square feet of sod. The yard looks 300% better today than it did yesterday morning, and our back muscles are wondering what in the world we put them through...and why. I'll continue to take photos of the yard as it matures this summer, but here is a sneak peak of what we have accomplished so far.