Yard Man Extraordinaire
Yesterday was a wonderful day for a great many reasons but one of those reasons was all of the extraordinary work my youngest son did for me in my yard.
Not only has it been wonderful being with and getting to spend time with my son who drove in from afar to be with me for Mother's Day, he brought his nifty tool bag and know how with him. He worked so hard yesterday and knocked out so many of the yard projects on my ever growing list of yard projects.
I have been trying to get my front flower bed planted for over three years. This flower bed is hard as concrete clay soil. Impossible to dig through with a shovel.
A rented garden tiller from Home Depot proved extremely helpful in preparing the soil for planting.
Endless Summer Hydrangeas
From the beginning I wanted to plant hydrangeas but then thought I should plant mountain laurel or azaleas on the advise of others.
At the end of the day, I'm thrilled that I got the hydrangeas that I really really really wanted.
The hostia plants from my aunt's yard in Ohio were replanted for better spacing.
My son's nifty bag of tools
I didn't get a before picture ... but you couldn't see my shed for the over growth of saplings and underbrush.
A dead tree from my neighbor's yard fell into my yard months ago. Thinking ... incorrectly ... that my neighbor would take care of the issue, the dead tree laid in my yard for months. My son was able to get the tree cut up and moved to the curb to be picked up by the city.
My son planted the hydrangeas, hung the hose minder, detangled and connected the hose. I am amazed with all of the work he was able to complete in one day.
I'm so blessed and happy with all of his hard work.
What a gift.
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