When we bought our house last March, we inherited a pretty ridiculous jungle of overgrown plants lava rocks, and weeds. We gave ourselves the summer to you know... get married... and then we started on the front yard in the fall.
Up until this point, I had never paid any attention to landscaping. I knew the basics...
"Oh, those are pretty flowers!"
and
"Wow, they should cut their grass."
Those two statements could sum up my knowledge on the subject matter of landscaping.
The first order of business was to rip out the existing plants. Once spring rolled around, we started to research more about plants and landscaping. Boy, oh boy. My head kind of exploded. My Pinterest board is a great example of how my brain was bouncing around in the subject of gardening.
We decided to plant a row of Hostas along the house and use Boxwoods under our front windows. I must point out... This decision came after many conversations with other people.
When we had the old plants ripped out, we were fortunate to find lava rocks hiding beneath (sigh). In addition to the lava rocks, Mother Nature and Planet Earth left many rocks for us to find as well. However, we made lemonade out of lemons and used the rocks to help us line a path to our backyard.
We also felt pretty tough after all that diggin'.
Our trusty 'ol Menards bucket made several trips to the woods with rocks filled to the brim. (P.S. I did not carry the rocks, my strong husband took care of the part for me!)
The final piece to our landscaping masterpiece (I can call it that, right?) was mulch. My husband and I were definitely not agreeing on the right number of bags of mulch. This was our conversation:
"I want to buy ten bags of mulch." - Scott
"WHAT! No way." - Me
"Okay... six." -Scott
"Five." - Me
...... Later at the store, I got distracted looking at plants and we rolled out of Home Depot with eight bags. Very sneaky, Scott. Very sneaky.
However, I should have listened because we need more mulch. :)
Moral of the story: Buy all the mulch. You'll need a ton. Also, admit to your husband when you're very wrong on calculating the amount of mulch needed.
"I want to buy ten bags of mulch." - Scott
"WHAT! No way." - Me
"Okay... six." -Scott
"Five." - Me
...... Later at the store, I got distracted looking at plants and we rolled out of Home Depot with eight bags. Very sneaky, Scott. Very sneaky.
However, I should have listened because we need more mulch. :)
Moral of the story: Buy all the mulch. You'll need a ton. Also, admit to your husband when you're very wrong on calculating the amount of mulch needed.
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