A couple of weeks ago, Stephanie picked up some fuchsia plants at the Fred Meyer fuchsia event. She got a great 2-for-1 deal on these attractive planters, which are so much nicer than the plastic pots that came with the last fuchsias. They really add a lot of interest to the front porch.
Much more attractive than the old ones
Time to check back in on the yard. Stephanie has spent several long weekends weeding, moving plants and adding new ones to fill in our few remaining empty patches. We were pleasantly surprised that almost everything bounced back after the winter, and things are really filling in now.
Spring!
In front of the fence
It really makes last summer’s yard look so sparse…
Yard 2011
And 2006′s so suburban…
Yard 2006
Sorry, I’m tired and that’s the best I could come up with! And technically, it was only one mommy.
This is a long overdue picture that shows all the plants that Stephanie got into the yard. It looks SO much better than before. Now that we have no more grass, all the sprinklers were disconnected, and we are 100% on drip irrigation. It’s a bit of a pain to set up, but it’s so nice to be able to target the water exactly where it’s needed. Oh, and the fact that we don’t have to nurture the gazillion new plants with manual watering is pretty great, too.
Why is there a picture of Butchart Gardens on our blog?
