This year the weather in Western NY has been very wet! I has rained almost every.single.day. But a few weekends ago it was warm and dry, so I jumped at the chance to get my hands dirty outside. Our flowerbeds were in terrible shape. Completely overgrown, weeds everywhere and all of our bushes were in desperate need of a haircut.
See? Here is the main section in the front of our house. YIKES.
So with a beautiful morning I got to work, (with the help of my parents and of course Scott)
We were able to take it from the above to this:
We started by digging out all of the bushes below those two windows above. We replanted the ones that looked the best, and were the easiest to shape. The previous owners really filled in the space and over time when the bushes grew they were all competing for space. After digging them up I used this little tool:
It made edging all of the flower beds a breeze. All said and done it makes everything look so clean and polished. By far it is the best outdoor tool that I own.
I also gave our decorative bed ornament a quick paint job. I wanted to add a little color to the area. You can see that here:
See how you can actually see it?
We also did the edging around the whole house! I don’t have the before photos but here is the beauty that is now.
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