eastowners

So, yesterday I finally got outside again to do some work on the front yard. I raked the birm (the section between the sidewalk and street), and then looked at the flower beds in front of the porch. I have some irises that are very overcrowded on one side of the steps, and I have a feeling that they didn’t bloom last Spring because of it. I have a bed in front of the porch, but it has this weedy stuff that grows every year…it’s just a ground covering, nothing that’s overly pretty. But it’s a PAIN in the ass to dig out, as it is a crawling weed all connected together, and there were large roots that I had to pull out of the ground too. I edged it out with the shovel, and next pay check I am going to go buy some rubber edging to keep the grass out of the bed. I didn’t get it all finished yesterday, so with any hope it will be done today with the Irises split and transplanted in the other bed. And I figured next month I when I buy my flowers I will put some perinials in there to fill it in, as the Irises don’t stay around for long. My other goal is to clean up the front porch, as their is the usual leaf debris from Fall and Winter. That and I kinda just stacked my flower pots behind the brick, and they need to be cleaned out. Moonshadow spent most of the day outside with us yesterday as well. She did pretty well hanging out on the porch, and enjoyed checking out what was going on in the neighborhood. Clare helped me out in digging up the flower bed, and their will be some pics of her on the site soon. She also had Brad running around on the hill accross the street playing soccer with her new big pink ball. Brad spent all afternoon working on his car, and you can see his blog for the downfall of the VW. Well, I think it’s time to get back outside. It’s not supposed to be as warm as it was yesterday….and hopefully it won’t rain.