yard work as therapy

[Miss Meow]

Have you been taking any before and after photos? What you're doing sounds just beautiful .

We have a very long, hot summer which caused a fair bit of damage to the backyard plants. We've had some rain now coming into autumn and have been ripping out dead things and pruning alive things and seeing where the gaps lay ... just need more cash now to fill the gaps!

[joycenalex]

thanks! i'm planning on snapping photos on sat am. i'm going to join photobucket, so i'll post aprils and mays shots. i'm going to take them each month so i can keep track of what does well, and what needs replaced.
i want a yard where i can sit in the shade and relax with an iced tea, book and watch the dogs in the sun.

[Cataholic]

Joycenalex...I was thinking of you last night

I HAD, emphasis on the word HAD!, two overgrown, straggly foresthyia (sic) bushes in the back yard. My stepmom asked if I wanted her to 'trim' (emphasis on the word trim) them. Sure, I said. O.M.G. They were given a haircut like the military would do..he he he. It does look much nicer, and they were out of control, but, the left over branches? Yikes. It took me two hours each bush to separate, tie and put to the curb.

I was thinking, "now, isn't there someone in Columbus that might enjoy this"? he he he