I managed to get some grass to grow in the heavily shaded section of my yard! I'd received an atrocious estimate from a landscaper to treat and sod the area. It was in the thousands. I decided to wait on it. Maybe I would just put gravel down in the area? I wasn't sure. Though I …
Tag: garden
Misc Photos
I'm taking a break from photo editing monotony to share a few photos. Growing grass in my heavily shaded yard has been a chore. My poor lilac "bushes" have started to yellow from so much watering. Now that the grass is looking hearty, I think I can back off on babying it. (click …
Yard Update
If your one of my five loyal readers, you already know that I have been doing some serious landscaping planning this year. I consulted with five different landscapers to get their thoughts on how to address the dirty shaded chunk of yard I've been looking at since I bought the house. After on-site consults, each …
Busy Bee
I had a huge list of things I wanted to accomplish this past weekend in my yard. I actually really enjoy working in my yard, although the overabundance of weeds and vines leave me feeling like I never make any progress. Friday, on my way home from work, I stopped at Home Depot to buy …
Memorial Day Weekend Recap
(Sidenote - here's the photos I took of Big Papi but in better quality) This weekend I did some yardwork and then headed west to the Berkshires to hang out with Meg and her clan of fun. Now that Shannon is in western MA, I get to see her more often too. She joined Meg …
How Does Your Garden (not) Grow?
Every night I come home eternally grateful that I have a home. Not only that I have a home, but it's the home I ended up with. My lavender house was the third house I put a bid in on and I'm so happy that the first two fell through! When I started house hunting …
