Today, I finally got Laura to work in the yard with me. It was such nice weather that I couldn't pass up the opportunity. We put in a new layer of mulch and planted some flowers. Both Laura and I don't have an ounce of a green thumb between the two of us so we will see how it turns out.
This is the the first time that we have really done any yardwork together so it was a fun experience. Since she's allergic to grass, she has never helped mow the lawn or pick the weeds. At first I thought she was joking when she said that she was allergic to grass. I figured that she just didn't want to do the yardwork. Well, one time she went outside without any shoes on and walked through the grass. In an hour or two she had broken out in hives, so I quickly decided to believe her!!!
Anyway, as we were driving back from the store with the mulch and flowers, Laura said that she never realized that she had the whole outside of the house she could decorate as well and was really excited. When we moved in the house, the flowers were already in and we were so focused on unpacking and decorating inside of the house that the outside was just an afterthought.
I also decided to put a flower bed/planter box in the back yard as well. As I tend to get lots of grand ideas but never follow through, I decided to rip up at least part of the yard so that I would have to finish it some time. Here is what it looks like now. It gets a fair share of sun in the morning, but is shaded in the afternoon and evening. I was thinking of putting in a japanese maple in the corner, but I want to make sure I can develop at least a little bit of a green thumb before I try something that big.
And yes, for anyone who hasn't seen our house in person, we don't have any neighbors on either side of us right now. We are all by ourselves out in the boonies. This housing market isn't causing neighbors to come any quicker either...not that I'm complaining. I kind of like it out here.
