My husband and I moved into our house in September. We had to completely redo the kitchen (cold water wasn't even flowing from the faucet when we moved in!), replace carpets, paint and more!
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old kitchen (with previous homeowners stuff)
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old dining area
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| nasty linoleum |
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| after we tore out the linoleum |
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| new kitchen |
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| new kitchen looking toward dining area |
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old mud room with outside exposure
new mud room
new mud room (ceiling)
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By November we were pretty close to finished making our house a home, so I knew it was time to begin making the front more appealing. My mom has always planted bulbs and I have always enjoyed the exciting surprise that this type of plant brings to a garden. When will they emerge? Where again did I plant them? Will a gopher get to them before spring time? I knew that if I planted bulbs, I would also have to plant other plants. Even though I wasn't quite ready to "landscape" I knew that I would want to eventually and would unintentionally dig up the bulbs. So I went to Lowe's and purchased pansies, snapdragons, primroses and several other small flowering shrub-like bushes (most of which I forget the names of now). After two days of diligent work... I had planted: 4 primrose plants, about 2 dozen pansy plants, about 2 dozen snap dragon plants, 14 shrubs, and about 200 bulbs! The bulbs consist of different varieties of tulip, daffodil, and a small iris species. Even though the fruits of my labor could be seen a bit, most of my hard work was still buried in the ground.
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a rainy day, but a good picture of bulbs and other plants (photo 3/13/11)
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| Daphne and other bulbs to the left of the front steps/porch (photo 3/13/11) |
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November became a stormy, windy, cold month. I continuously had to remove fallen leaves from the flower bed as we have a large sycamore that drops leaves by the bucket load. To my surprise my flowers and shrubs are still alive!
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