This spring has been a busy one for me. I started off building a raised vegetable bed to complete my small patio, the plants are all off and running. In the raised bed I planted, 4 varieties of tomato, spinach, lettuce, peas, 3 kinds of peppers, carrots, cilantro, basil, oregano, thyme, radishes, mustard greens, chives and scallions.
With the addition of a picket fence in the front yard last fall that defined much more space for additional flower beds in the front and I have been working hard to fill the spaces created. Last summer I also pulled out an extra 192 square feet of lawn to make room for more flowers and have been working hard exceeding my budget to pick just the plants to grow. Who needs disposable income when there are local nurseries stocked to the gills with great perennials!
The home Andrew and I have been in for the past 4 years has up until this point been owned by my parents. This spring in preparation for our ultimate purchase of the house (coming in a week or so) we had a new roof put on and a new paint job on the house. I am very pleased with the results. Picking a new color for a house is a lot harder than I imagined, but I love the outcome.
My early spring flowers, tulips, daffodils etc have long since come and gone but the late spring and early summer flowers are going great guns. The effect is quite charming, especially the lupines. Here are the latest photos, enjoy.
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