Our rare non-baby-related projects

So, this is a bit delayed but I have been telling people about all of the yard work we did in our front yard and have had requests for pictures so here goes! A couple of weekends ago, Troy's Mom and stepdad were nice enough to come for the day on Saturday. They brought with them a truck bed full of compost, some tools and their green thumbs. I provided drinks.

Troy got up really early that morning and started ripping up our existing plants in the front so I wasn't able to get a good "before" picture. It wasn't much to see...we had a few half-dead boxwoods in a row in front of the front porch with some pinestraw.

Here is Troy breaking up the clay so we could till in some compost:



The truck was FULL of compost...



...and we used most of it tilling it in with the clay.



It took several hours to do the tilling so then it was off to McDonalds and Lowes for food & plants. When we got back, we lined the bed and around the tree with slate from his Mom's house. It looks awesome! Then it was just a matter of getting the plants in the ground.





By this time, it was starting to get dark (this was a 12-hour job!) but here is the finished product:






We are really pleased with the results and I'm so glad it's done! Hopefully we can keep it all alive...