More and more yard work

Dan is on vacation this week and I have been keeping him busy. When we moved here 2 years ago our yard was just grass (beautiful grass with no weeds). My dad suggested we join the Arbor Day Foundation and get free trees. We joined and got 5 free Crape Myrtles. They came in a long box which was a surprise. Even a bigger surprise was what was inside. Five sticks! Dan laughed. He said he would have nothing to do with the trees. I planted them in the corner of the yard to protect the from the wind as they grow up stronger. Well, the trees have grown and Dan is surprised. It was time to move the trees out of the corner so they could grow better. We barrowed a wheel barrow from one neighbor and barrowed and large post used for digging from another neighbor. Yesterday we planted one tree and today we transplanted the remaining 4. It was quite a job but they do look nice. I would love to take a picture but our camera needs to be repaired first. Now the next step is the vegetable garden which will be another project. It is full of weeds. We have also been working on removing large weeds from the grass by digging them up and putting dirt back in the hole left behind. Seems to be neverending. The yard looks green but that is because the weeds are so plentiful. My front yard looks great and has just a few weeds. I love to garden! Spring time seems to be so busy. The inside of my house gets neglected and I fall behind on the cleaning. I think the reason why I enjoy gardening is because I did it a lot as a child. We prunned trees, shaped bushes, planted flowers, picked fruit and vegetables all together. I want my own family to work together in the yard. Dan takes pride in the grass and the nice lines the mower leaves behind. Today he was such a help moving the trees and he is so happy to have that checked off his list!