Here is part of our front yard.
As you can see, there are SO many bushes! Including the 'monkey grass' there are 25 in total! That is WAY too many! It was really taking over the front of the house instead of 'enhancing' it. So we decided to take a lot of them out. First we started with the 'monkey grass':
Then we cut down 5 of the bushes so we could pull them out easier. Then Jeff tied a chain around the bushes and his dad pulled them out with his truck. Because the bushes are so old, the roots were really deep. I'm so glad that Jeff's parents came up this weekend to help with this! Otherwise, our front yard would still be taken over by bushes!
After pulling out the bushes, we trimmed the remaining bushes down. It looks a little bare right now, but the bushes will grown in. The bottoms of them were covered by the previous bushes, so they look a little sad right now. We also moved the two little bushes on the right side to the front.
We bought some flowers from the farmer's market a while ago to fill in this place. We first laid them out to try to find an arrangement that would look good. This is what we came up with:
We also got some mulch and put that over this area, around some trees, and around our rose bushes in the back yard.
Thank you Dad, Mom, Reggie, and Jeff (and Reece) for helping out in the yard this weekend! We couldn't have finished without you! :)
Comments
Post a Comment