So! It's planting season!
Or... yard de-shaming season depending on your point of view. Our yard needed a whole bunch of de-shaming this year:
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| This house is vacant, right? |
See we live on a super main road and last year(s) I've had completely non-trustworthy toddlers. So I'd pull out one weed and then frantically chase a kid who was too near the road. Nope. Our front yard has strictly been only what you need to survive levels of maintenance.
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| SERIOUSLY DO RACCOONS LIVE HERE? |
That changes this year. I used to really enjoy gardening - you can dig through the archives and find lots of posts about salsa gardens and sunflowers. But that was before the tiny humans ransacked our house and priorities. They are finally old enough now to either help out or at the very least not flail towards the street while we're pulling weeds. So this weekend with a little help from Petitti's we did this:
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| SO MUCH BETTER! |
We replaced the edging which was a rotten mess with some bricks that match the patio we built. Pulled 6 lawn bags full of weeds and spread a ridiculous amount of mulch:
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| BOOM, BABY. |
But we wanted a finishing touch. A new tree to make us excited about our yard again. We've always wanted a fruit tree. So we took the kids out to Petitti's in Strongsville to pick one out. It was such fun!
I have never been to a gardening place this big before. It was a ball. The kids loved playing in the rows and rows of plants. I loved being able to ask a knowledgeable person an insane amount of questions so that I don't immediately kill our new plants.
Although they come with a year guarantee and they've been raised in Ohio - so they are used to our winters.
After much debate we ended up bringing home a peach tree AND a pear tree. Because SPRING. We couldn't decide and the kids wanted both, so... here we are. Also a whole bunch of hanging baskets (they were on sale!).
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| Our new Peach Tree! |
We needed to move their playhouse a bit to put in the pear tree but I think it worked out.
And it's amazing how much color and fun the hanging baskets add to our yard!
Anyways if you want to de-shame your yard, too, Petitti's has generously given me a $50 giftcard to share with my readers! Here's how to enter to win:
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Yay for spring and gardens!!!
Disclosure: I was provided with a giftcard to Petitti's in exchange for this post. As always all opinions and shameful yards are my own.
