It's been almost 3 weeks now since the surgery and I am feeling pretty much back to my normal self again which has been nice. The only restriction I have is that I cannot work out for 6 weeks (ugh!), so I have had to content myself with staying home and doing light work around the house. Since the weather has been pretty nice, this restriction hasn't been a particularly unwelcome one. I taken a lot of pleasure in plotting out my garden for the back of the house, plus maintaining the one in the front. My knock out roses really took off this year, I am going to have to trim them back soon!!
The one downside to working outside at this time of year has been the mosquitos. The exceptionally wet August and September months made for the perfect conditions for the mosquitos to breed and multiply so now there are just way too many. Every time we go outside we get a couple bites from them as souvenirs. The little buggers got Kira pretty good under her eye a week ago, it was pretty swollen!
Like father like daughter?
Ok, so here is the back of the house. I prepped everything, edged and turned over the soil in preparation for the trip to the nursery last saturday. Mom graciously agreed to go with me to help me with decisions. It just so happened the particular nursery we went to had all the trees and shrubs on 50% off so that was a nice bonus!
Everything in the back will be flowering, on the left is japonica, then mountain laurel, then hydrangea
Japonica and mountain laurel bushes do well in shade so these were a no brainer for the back since this part of the house doesn't get sun.
Here's a better view of the hydrangea and on the corner I put winter berry-this has red berries during the winter months and red flowers in its blooming season.
And here it is all mulched and nice looking, love it! Can't wait to see them all blooming!!
Oh, and around the winter berry, I planted Phlox-it is a perennial and does well in the sun so it should be nice and happy in this spot.
Done! Now to make sure to keep them well watered into late November in order to make sure they get well established in their new home. I had no idea how much I loved digging in the dirt until I had my own place in which to do it!
Some gratuitous shots of Kira, on this occasion, she decided she wanted me to cover her up with her blanket out in the kitchen
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wow your flower beds look awesome! Great job! Kira is as cute and adorable as always! <3
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