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Yard Work

As many of you know, Jeff and I like to have a spring project for our yard. This year we had a new addition to our family, so we got a late start on all of this. This year for mother's day Jeff gave me 2 Hydrangeas.  One is blue and the other is white with pink around the edges. I have wanted Hydrangeas for a long time, so this was a perfect gift for me! My vision was to slowly add flowers to our back yard. Last fall we seeded the backyard making the grass a bigger part of the area. We still had some "natural areas" which is where I was going to put flowers. This is what the backyard looked like:


These were the best pictures I could find of the yard itself after we had it seeded.

So not long after Mother's day comes my birthday. My parents surprised me with many more flowers that I wanted in the back yard! I got 3 more Hydrangeas (these are dark pink), a butterfly bush, and a Peony! We finally got to place them and plant them in the back yard:


Rosemary, Peony, Some plant that looks like a Hosta, butterfly bush, and Hydrangea. There are roses in the back along the fence.

Close up of the beautiful butterfly bush!


My corner of Hydrangea bushes. The two on the outside are the pink ones and the blue and white ones are in the middle. I'll have to post a picture once they start blooming!

I also got some smaller flowers for the pots on our deck. There are little trees in the middle and I'll be able to plant flowers around them for each season! Right under the window you can see my birthday present from Jeff, a patio bench that stores outdoor cushions. I've wanted to get cushions for a while outside so we can enjoy the deck, but I didn't want the rain to ruin them! Now that we have this we can start saving for some pillows! 



Here is a shot of our backyard from the deck now:



Looks way different than when we first moved in:
(all of that in the back was weeds!)




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