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Reclamation of the Flower Bed

Well, I guess at this point you could say that we will do just about ANYTHING to avoid finishing the dining room. Not really, but its just been such a long process that its just plain "feels better" to work on something that might actually get finished in a day or even a weekend. Jason had been talking about clearing out the flower bed in front of the bay window, because the shrubs there had really taken off this spring and were about half way up the windows. They kind of looked like they were eating the house! So I mentioned something about pruning them down so we could see what it would look like with smaller stuff in the beds and he gave me the green light. Well, that was early in the morning and by 9:30 PM, we were finished. It looks SO much better. And I have to say, I am TRULY IMPRESSED at how hard working and just plain strong my husband is. I could barely budge the stumps left after my pruning and could hardly dig in the rocky soil. But Jason took over with an axe and shovel, and after a couple of hours of hard work, they were all gone!

Here are some pics:




Before we moved in, and before they REALLY started growing





After my pruning




We had PLENTY of help!





The finished product

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ME! said…
much better! I love it! It is too cute that Graham is standing there supervising. LOL
June 13, 2011 at 2:26 PM
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