I've never really been a person who enjoys yard work. The truth is, I'm not very patient when it comes to that and don't find the satisfaction of accomplishment so many others receive. But what I do have is determination for something better than the past.
We have lived in our home for (wowzers) 6 years this year. I can't believe it. We haven't done much more than painting, changed a light fixture here or there and maintained what was already there. This year, we've purchased new white wood blinds, jump started our outdoor winter yard clean up and even mowed once already!
I'm determined to have a more curb appealing yard this year. This means getting sweatier and dirtier than normal. I don't mind that as much as I mind the time it takes to see progress. Seriously, who has this kind of patience?
Well, not me; I'm learning, though. So it is with that determination, I'm 'publicly' announcing my goals for our yard this year:
- Create new flower beds for the front of our house where we had tons of landscaping removed.
- Fill in the bare spots with grass seed and hopefully growth of grass
- Remove the wood thing at the edge of our property outlining a square of randomly landscaped area.
- Remove the dead evergreen tree in the field
- Cut back the evergreen looking bush by our shed
- Mulch around our shed (and the rest of the flower beds)
- Consider what landscaping works best around our trees (mulch? ground cover?)
- Fill the sink hole in our front yard
- Keep up with the weeds in our flower beds
- Enjoy the blooming plants that the previous owners planted with their majorly green thumbs, praying I don't kill them.
Welcome back to blogging and to a commitment of a prettier yard in 2013!
