Ok first I must address the issue of my last post. I realize I may have overreacted about my recent hair cut. The stylist did do a good job, she just styled it all wrong that night. And it is shorter than I usually wear, so that was a shock as well. Generally, the new cut has received rave reviews, and the photos of me that Rob's mom sent me from this weekend made me realize that it does, in fact, look good.
I've been working in a small garden space by our playset and attempting to restore it to its former glory. In that corner were two Bleeding Heart plants trying not to die as they toppled over each other onto a couple of sickly hostas. I loved the Bleeding Hearts but thanks to Dallas and our rampant bunny population, the roots had been dug up and nearly destroyed. I couldn't salvage either of them. The hosta plants had yellowing leaves and I don't even think they were going to bloom anything other than ugliness, so I pulled them right out and didn't feel a twinge of guilt. After uprooting most of the things in that garden, what was left was a single evergreen shrub of some sort. I didn't dig it up because a) it has a tree-like root system that I didn't want to mess with, and b) I kind of felt sorry for it. It has a perfectly pruned round head resting atop a tall skinny trunk. I guess it's kind of cute.
My next step was to find plants that prefer shade since the house and the fence don't let much sunlight into that corner. Rob thought I should get a few more bushes or shrubs but that's all we have around here! Bush, shrub, bush shrub, the same as everyone else on my street. I'm so sick of them! And the hostas too! I wanted something different. I found a few cheap perennials that I can't even remember the names of except the one called a Bell Flower. I figured if they die, I only paid $7 for them. My really exciting purchase was of the two hydrangea bushes. They're so pretty!
I planted everything last night and covered the ground with a layer of mulch. It's a small garden, and while it's not as amazing as some, it's still mine and I love it!