This year I will try my best to work in the shade. Last year the sun and heat about did me in. So I am chasing the sun around the yard in the afternoon. It isn't so bad in the morning but that afternoon sun is a killer.
I can hardly believe that this lone sunflower is coming up between the patio and the rocks in the flower bed. And it is right at the corner and I can't believe it hasn't gotten knocked down.
I did manage to find a small bowl of strawberries. They aren't very big but are they ever sweet.
I tackled this little monster today. Man of man!! I ever dug out a big old grass all by myself with every tool in the barn! The door might need another coat of paint before too long.
Almost have it finished. I need a little something, something in the front corner. I'm thinking on that. Gotta be something I already have in the yard because Mark says we are on a spending freeze...had to buy a new washer today.
Behind the red door, there is a place now called the rock graveyard. All rocks that I dig up in the yard go here until I can figure out what to do with them. Ask Murph, I love a good something made out of rocks. He is not a fan.
I forgot to get a before pic of this third of this bed. I worked what seemed like forever on this little section. I made the dogs a little rock path where they always run through when chasing the critters in the yard. I dug up hosta from the strawberry bed and planted it. I even dug a hole for the grinding stone so it could stand and be a focal point. Not ten minutes after I had finished the dogs proceeded to dig up all the new hosta!
You can see where I cleaned out all of the junk from the left side of the 'snowflake' magnolia. I ran out of steam and had to call it a day. But tomorrow is another day and I think it will be pretty. We will see how much I get accomplished in the shade.
