Lookie what we planted!

So our yard is a very slow work in progress.  A little history: the bones of the property are great, but 25 years of renters living here resulted in the yard being neglected.  The owner/landlord planted a bunch of ivy because it requires virtually no maintenance, and would periodically toss a fresh coat of pine straw over everything.  So we were left with a whole lot of natural, but really old stuff that needed to replanted. Over the summer we ripped out the old walkway and reused the same stepping stones to rebuild a new one.  Jason had earlier built a small parking pad off the driveway, so he built a walkway of stepping stones from the parking pad to the front porch, and then built a partial walkway extending from the driveway.  It actually joins the one extending from the parking pad, so from an aerial view, our walkway looks like the letter ‘Y’.  Kind of cute I think!

Anyway, so last Saturday while I was out shopping with my mother, Jason went to Lowes and bought a half dozen small baby Boston Ferns and a few Hostas - we have a very shady yard so we have to be very selective with our plants! I rolled up my sleeves and helped him get them planted before it started raining.  So the pictures aren’t the best, but you get the general idea.  Unfortunately I missed taking a photo of the Hostas.  Oh well, perhaps in an update.

 

 

And finally, this is the center of our front yard.  It was at one time a very nice bordered flower bed, but time and a whole bunch of ivy killed that.  We have gradually ripped out the ivy by the roots and started to clean the area up.  Before the weather gets too chilly, we are going to plant some cold weather plants like pansies to add some color.  Here is Jason digging around in the flower bed. Ain’t he cute?  :) I wish I had a before photo.  It doesn’t look like much but it is a HUGE improvement from what it looked like when we bought the house.