So much for monthly blogging! I get so caught up in reading other blogs that I've forgotten my own. I finally got some tips on how to resize my photos for uploading on the blog so am ready to jump back in here. It would take forever to upload a picture before, now it's just seconds! Thanks Hannah.
In May we did a lot of lawn work. Mick tilled up the high areas to knock them down a little, then we had some sand and topsoil brought in to fill the lower areas that were lakes during the rainy times. It was a couple of weekends of labor, but the after picture shows that it was worth it. (and hey, a little extra cardio workout is good for ya). We did the front, side and back yards.
Asher is king of the mountain!
As you can see, the before picture was taken before anything had budded out new leaves, and the after picture was a month later when everything was green.
We also re-did our raspberry bed in front.
You can't tell in this picture, but the rock area was beginning to lean, so now there's a good brick foundation.
Before:
After:
I've been meaning to clean up one side of the "wild mound" for years now, so finally got to that too. (We had lots of sunny days for yard work this spring). Here's the mound just after I started on it. It's about 10 feet wide and 4-5 feet back. I've added more plants and look forward to next year when everything bushes out more.
All the flowers around the house are so beautiful.
My hostas just get bigger and bigger. They're 4 feet wide now.
I've been nice to the spiders and haven't been sweeping away their webs.
And lastly...
The worms are HUGE this year. Here's a mama robin with a mouthful at Hannah's house.
And here's one of the babies she was feeding.
I'll post people pix next time. Ta ta for now.
