Sprout 3: The Bed....

I have owned my house for almost 6 years, one would think that I would have finished the flower beds around my house by now, but no, this is not the case.  Now I have three reasons/excuses for why this bed was not done and is as of TODAY!

Part 1 of the story: Not the avid gardener the summer after purchasing our house I began to “plant” in the front, there was one living juniper bush under a window and two Japanese maples at each corner of the house.  For three summers I have planted, re-arranged and pulled out stuff that didn’t survive. Now this is not all my fault, the front of the house gets a sun from the time it rises to the time it sets so I needed plants that would survive. Finally, this summer everything came back and in its proper place.  So it was my chance to move on to another area.  I chose this spot because it was a waste land; every other bed at least has something growing in it.

Part 2 of the story: my dad is unable to sit still. About 4 years ago when my family came for a visit I asked him about the broken, torn up side walk in our back yard. About a year later they were visiting and I came home from shopping with my mom and sister–in-law, to find my dad and brother in the back yard ripping out the sidewalk!  Wow, this was interesting, yes the side walk needed to be removed but now I have a huge pile of nothingness behind the house.  (I did learn my lesson, when my dad come to visit I always have a to-do list ready)  So fast forward to October, my mom and dad came in for the weekend just to lay the sidewalk, well my dad did the sidewalk, mom cleaned my house.   So again this is also the first summer that I have had access to this bed. 

Part 3 of the story:  My mother-in-law hates gardening, and has been frustrated about her over grown garden.  So since her garden got the same sun as my area did, I thinned out her flowerbeds and transplanted them into mine.  This was a perfect match since I HATE to spend money and she hates to garden.  Hopefully they will grow and I won’t have to re-peat the cycle from Part 1.