Flower Beds Galore!

Well, our hot Kansas summer is in full swing and I am allergic to sweating while working in the yard. As a result, my project list has moved back inside.

However, I realized I hadn't updated on the yard projects I started in the spring. So, here you go....

Along the front fence line, where I had planted my grandma's peonies...

 ...I put these flower beds down to protect them from the lawn mower.

My plan is to add perennials in the fall - daisies, coneflower, stuff like that.

In May, there was a lone peony from my transplants.

I brought some iris bulbs home from my mom's house and planted them along the fence, 

as well as some bulbs I dug up from another area of my yard. I have no idea what they are, 

so next Spring I hope to have a pretty surprise in this corner of the flowerbed.

The front of the house before flowerbeds....

...and after flowerbeds.

So neat and tidy.

Along the side of the sunroom, I wanted a walkway leading to the cellar.

And here it is.

 

I have big plans for the area around this tree.

See all those rocks? They were buried in a ring around the tree and I dug every one of them out!

Yes, I actually broke a sweat while working in the yard that day.

I stared at the pile of rocks for a couple weeks, waiting for inspiration,

before finally arranging them around the tree.

It's not real pretty to look at yet.

But, I have a vision.

 The process is rarely pretty, is it? Kind of like life.

Here is the vision....

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...and here is the future home of my own rock garden.

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