Of Grass and Gardening

This is the first year since we've moved here that the back yard has not been underwater during most of March. Instead, we have lovely green grass. We still have patchiness, but we've finally started using a lawn service that will fertilize the grass and kill the weeds during the growing season. So all we should have to do with the lawn is keep it mowed and perhaps water it in July and August. It's good that there can be one thing outside that doesn't require much attention. Because now that the kitchen garden project is done and running, I must turn my attention to the shade gardens in the backyard and a couple spots in the front that need revitalization.

I have some beautyberry bushes from my mother-in-law that managed to survive the winter in their pots, and they need a permanent place in the sun. I have a couple holly bushes that haven't done anything spectacular that need removal. I have golden margeurites that need to move as they have proven to be too tall when in bloom for their current positions. I have a small lilac that needs more sun. And I've like to get a few vertically oriented evergreens for the front of the house.

Plans, plans, plans. I seem always to be scheming.