Gardening 2012

This year we have multiple plans for improving our gardens, yard, outdoor living area, etc.  We started off this spring discussing what we were going to do about our weed infested yard.  Last summer the grass looked great, except for the small fact that most of it was crab grass.  Ryan and I were a bit overwhelmed by the task of turning our yard into a lawn.  We decided to enlist the help of a professional and hire a lawn care company to kill our weeds, feed our grass and plant seeds this fall.  Maybe by next summer we'll have grass.

By the end of last summer I knew that I needed a border around our front and side gardens.  They were losing all shape and fighting the crab grass was a losing battle.  We looked long and hard before we finally found a great deal on stone edging.  This past Saturday we installed the border, mulched and reclaimed the front and side gardens.

I am really pleased with how everything turned out.  Our only other plans for the front and side yard this year are to plant a fruit tree in the front yard.

The rest of our efforts will be focused on several projects in the backyard.  More on those to come...