Rob's Staycation

Rob had Wednesday, Thursday and Friday off last week. As I mentioned in my last post, we were planning on staying home and working in the yard. First though, he spent Wednesday finishing up the front porch. He still has one small part to finish up but it's only because we can't decide what we want to do. It is fully functional now though and looks great. I spent a few hours on Wednesday like this:



I hated cleaning the leaves out of that bush because it is full of thorns. I have scratches all over my hands and arms from it. Rob put in edging and built me some boxes for my raised planter beds. He wasn't able to finish off either of those projects because it rained a lot on Saturday and Sunday. That was okay though because we had a chance to actually have some fun and watch some movies. I tried to help in the yard while I could- mainly when Rex was napping. I got a lot of shrubs/plants/bushes pruned and filled up a 3 yard dumpster.



So far we have filled up one at least that size every spring which is fine because I love all our landscaping. Unfortunately, we discovered that it is not a good idea to plant perennials until Mothers' Day weekend so we had to hold off on doing that. However, the tulips out front are looking really good right now.



For some reason, almost all the tulips so far are red. I have two yellow ones and the rest are red. Last year, they were a mix of red, purple, white and yellow. I don't understand why they change. They were in the cheapo, jumbo bag from Sam's Club or Lowe's though so I don't expect too much. The fancier tulips I have seem the same as they were last year though they have not bloomed yet. Most of the daffodils and hyacinth have already come and gone by now. Finally, Rob had to mow the yard for the first time this year- here he is.