My garden

Slowly, very slowly, I worked on planting flowers this summer. I did not get my weeds under control, or my blobs of grass planted, but I will weed more this fall and get to the grass in the spring. I just ran out of energy and good days! Whew! Here's what I've got so far on one side of my front yard...

Every garden needs some sculptural interest...

Who doesn't love echinacea?

Last but not least my rock and thyme combo...

New start

Well, July is 1/2 over as of tomorrow, and I'm just now getting started on my big summer project. The house my husband and I recently moved into has nothing growing in the yard except dirt and weeds. Observe the beautiful yard we bought! ;-) Not even very many weeds. I have volunteered to landscape the whole thing. I love to garden - to research what plants will grow here in our short, but somewhat hot summers, what will tolerate the very intense sun, what will do well with very little watering. I made my plan, made a list of plants I wanted, found the best deals and today bought my plants! Very exciting!

All I have left to do is buy soil amendment, work that into the ground, build up my slightly raised beds, move the rocks into place, and then my lovely plants can go into the ground. I sure hope this turns out looking nice. You can be the judge as I make progress.