Crocuses, Tulips and Hyacinths- Oh My!

Also, what is Helo doing here? Trying to shoot into outer space? Just wondering..

Backyard progress aka thank you to my parents for their yard skillz :)

This week we had a big project: build our raised-beds and a new compost bin with the epic amount of cinder blocks I have, as well as tending to some of the yard, etc! There were two willing guest helpers: my mom and my dad! They love to be outside and doing projects, which is a lucky quality for us :) We spent all yesterday grooming, pruning, painting, lifting, placing concrete blocks, shoveling, and sweating! 

Here's some action shots!

 Mike laying down the landscape fabric to go under our beds:

Mom adding some leaves to the bottom of the beds:

Pose!

Finished beds (minus compost/soil that is coming tomorrow).
It's kind of an "S" shape, like the beds over at  Grow and Resist:

Another view:

New compost bin!:

Hot damn! :) Tomorrow is soil delivery! Getting projects done feels so good! More project updates to come
!

Irresistible!

So I stopped by Lowe's today, and although I make a point to buy most everything that I can locally, I could resist getting some flower seeds... because they were there in front of my face :)

Here's what I got!:

• 1 packet of Rudibeckia Hirta,
• 1 packet of Echinacea, 
• 2 packets of Aubrieta, 
• 5 packets of Marigolds

The Rudibeckia and the Echinacea will go in the front garden, and on the sides of the house. The Aubrieta will go in our window boxes out front of our house, and the Marigolds will go in those holes in the cinder blocks on our raised-beds! :) La la... now I just need to read more about when to plant these exactly.

They're here!!!

Well, my crazy robot-neck is slowly turning human again.. thank you Ibuprofen 800 Mgs!

Yesterday, after much anticipation, my cinder blocks finally were delivered- 225 of them! (that's 3 pallets if you're a constructiony person). Thank god there were two 20-year-old boys to unload the blocks- it would have taken me 10 hours, no kidding!

Most of them are now resting in my driveway (see above), but Sara and I did place a few to see what kind of bed configuration we would actually be having. I think they look pretty good!

Here's some pictures of the bed:

Also, my mom took this mosaic tile class, and she made us this awesome address plaque for our front porch:

Neat, huh?!

I need to check out all the blog posts I missed while I was in Columbus for the weekend!!
Two Frog Home, IBKC, Adventures in Urban Homesteading, Mark Maynard, & Little City Gardens here I come! :)