The other day, when I pulled into my driveway, this is what I saw:
That is the area between my house and my neighbor’s. For years, we’ve talked about landscaping the area around those green boxes. We’ve never actually gotten around to it, though. Apparently, she decided to take action.
I offered to help plant them, assuring her that I would follow her instructions since my thumb refuses to turn green. She got the jump on me when she started work the next morning at the early hour of 8:00.
I was shocked when I went bouncing out of the house, showered, face made up, and wearing a fun, summery green skirt and white polo. It was the last day of school, and I wanted to visit Ms. D, the Attendance Lady, and wish her a good summer. The last thing I had on my mind was digging up grass and, thus, sweating thus requiring another shower.
I left feeling extremely guilty and called my good friend, Rabbitrescuer. She told me not to worry. If I was lucky, she would be done when I got home, and I could sneak into the house unnoticed. Bad, but guiltily true.
And she was right…the work was done…
While my neighbor was slaving away, I stopped at the school, said my “End of the School Year Goodbyes,” and drove on to Lowe’s to pick up my own plants.
Yeah, I caved to the pressure…the pressure to pretty up my own yard.
A few pictures will illustrate the need for improvement.
Remember how the Mr. and I dug up the trees beside the garage? We tried planting new shrubs, but they died. I guess you shouldn’t plant them in the middle of winter. Insert “I told you so” in the Mr’s direction.
I came home with two Knock Out Rose plants and two packages of Mammoth Sunflower Seeds…
I don’t know if you can read the brown label, but it claims that the roses are “Trouble-free shrubs…that suit any lifestyle.”
We’ll see.
Here’s what it looked like after I planted everything:
I planted sunflower seeds in the plant-less areas below:
The front right corner of this bed…
The small space in front here…
This narrow planter, which will be moved to ground level after the flowers start growing…
And two small pots (recycled from the Knock-Out Roses)…
Maybe, one day, I’ll get nicer pots. As you know, I tend to wing it around here. Changes come as slowly and as inexpensively as possible.
Speaking of recycling…my neighbor, kind lady that she is, saved the grass she removed from our new flower bed and told me I could use it for my yard. My biggest dilemma? Which bare spots to cover?
The seeds I planted a month and a half ago did not take. So, I needed to do what I could and start somewhere…
I know. It’s bad.
Here’s how I look at it. The grass that I have is, at least, green. Planting the seeds forced me to begin watering my grass regularly (so much for saving money). At least the homeowner’s association can’t complain too much. Thank goodness they can’t see the backyard! It would take a truckload of grass to fix that area!
Anyhoo…getting back to the flowers…
I took the pictures hoping that in a couple of weeks, I’ll be able to post updated pictures of flowers that are actually GROWING.
One never knows…miracles still do happen sometimes.
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