Two 'Green' Thumbs Up

Last week Ian asked me what goals we had for the yard for the week.  My first reaction was that I would be weeding violets.  I mean what else was really left to do?  So we set to work weeding violets on Tuesday and made some excellent progress.  We also have an empty flower bed that needed a little attention.  We have been eying the liriope at my parent's house so later that evening we headed over to True Value to check out their plants that were 50% off.  Who doesn't like a bargain, right?  They did not have any liriope, but we spotted some Knock Out Roses that were pretty, however they were a bit dry and looked to be nearing the end of life.  We decided to give Lowe's a try and found some liriope there, but it also looked a bit dry.  We decided a drive to Colonial Nursery was in order and drove out first thing in the morning.  We found three Cherry Red Knock Out Rose Bushes and nine healthy and thriving liriope plants.  As an added bonus, we also picked up a few annuals for 50% off.  We then spent the rest of the day planting our new foliage.

 Here we have a lonely row of hostas and a few pesky weeds.

 Ian created a plastic barrier to fend off the encroaching Bermuda grass .

Weeding as usual and yes I can do this with my eyes closed!

The lovely row of hostas was planted right where we wanted to put the rose bushes.  So, Ian and I made our first attempt at transplanting them!  So far, everything is still alive!  Once we transplanted the hostas, we could slip the rose bushes and liriope into place.  It looks so easy, but Ian had to dig 18 new holes for all the plants.  Oops...I forgot to include the three extra holes he had to dig when we realized a few of the plants were a little too close for comfort!

Places Please!

Ta Da!

We took the remaining hostas to the backyard to fill a void under one of the dogwood trees.  We hope they survive their 250 foot move!

The Naked Dogwood

Hosta Moving Mobile

Welcome Home!

Last year we purchased two planters for our flower beds at the old house.  We found the perfect place for one of them on top of an old stump surrounded by hostas.  It has been sitting there empty all summer.  We found some unique little flowers for half price to give a little color to the yard. 

Boring Before

Voila!