The Great Purge of 2014-Outside

: Transplanted lilies from the fire property.

: Lilies in the front flower bed. The only flowers/lanscsaping on the property when we moved in.

: Mini rose-bush from my husband 2 years ago for Valentine’s Day. It has thrived outside.

Yep, today’s purge was accomplished outside, in the fresh air.

The weekend’s projects included weeding the flower beds and gardens, trimming the rose bushes, adding new mulch and realigning the rock trim we put in place last year. The butterflies seem to think we did a good job because as soon we came in I saw 3 or 4 flitting around out back.

Our Garden Spots (They are a little sparse this year)

: Our mini strawberry garden (We havent grab any strawberries yet this year because MR. Squirrel keeps beating me to them. LOL) This planted in the flower bed next to house by my back door.

: Our tiered garden my hubby created last year and we filled with dirt this year. It only has tomatoes and peppers so far. This was created in one afternoon from free scrap lumber my parents had. It enables me to sit on the edge and not have to bend to weed and pick produce .It still needs weeded more but my back was protesting by the time I got to here.

The new mulch looks great and cost just under $12.00 for 4 bags of the Scotts Nature Scapes Red Mulchfom Walmart.

: Two more mini rose bushes (these were almost dead when purchased last year), a bleeding heart, butterfly houses and my first attempt at painting an old satellite dish.

: 3 Dianthus with 2 recycled spoon butterflies (I did not make these but I love them).

The trim rocks were free, we dug them up from my parent’s old garage area, bought them home and laid them out. Our only complaint has been the fact they tend to get “rearranged” when the kids play in the area or someone goes wild with the weed eater. My wonderful oldest daughter realigned them for me so we could visit while I pulled weeds and trimmed rosebushes.

We worked on several other projects this weekend but these are the ones we considered finished. As much as weeding can be “completed” in the summer.

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Treasured Tidbits by Tina