We found our rhubarb (they were newly planted last year, so have a few years to go to grow up better - and should do better now that they won't be choked out by the weeds)
...and our hostas
...and other shrubs.
There's extra dirt here too, that we had been holding here because we had to dig out around our window well in the back of the house to fix a leak. Jock helped clear the weeds and then got to work digging out the excess dirt and using the wheel-barrow to cart it back to where it belongs.
(Yes, I know, that window well cover needs a good scrubbing! That's on my list too - or maybe will give the kids that job. :)I helped clear the weeds a bit then started raking up the mulch that was on the left side of the front of the house. It was half-composted and some spots were moldy, so it really needed to go. I'll get it shoveled out tomorrow. We also tore out our euonymous - they had been annoying us for quite some time.
There weren't weeds on this side - the landscaping felt has been down there since we moved into the house, and has served us well. The other side we pulled up the sod a couple years ago and for some dumb reason we didn't put the landscaping felt down then. We're going to put it down this weekend, assuming we can get the excess dirt out of there and level it off before it starts raining - the plan is to get up early.We've decided to put down rock instead of mulch this time. We just have to find a place that has the kind of rock we want, and get them to deliver it to us in a couple weeks. We have the beds pictured above to do, plus we want to rock around our three trees and another shrub on the front corner of the garage, so we'll need lots of rock.
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