This week my parents came down from Oklahoma to celebrate my twin nephews 14th birthday. We had a great time while they were here, mom made a family favorite - Pork chops with tomato rice soup - it was delicious....each bite felt like home!
On Friday, before mom and dad went home, dad installed my rain barrel....he said he could remember as a kid, the Mallonees (my great grandparents) with barrels under their eaves catching rainwater. I bought mine from master gardener. Beth Mortenson...of
www.catchtherain.com after she spoke at the Mckinney 'rain harvest' seminar back in January.
Daddy was also kind enough to install my lampost in my east flower bed. Charlie came over and helped him, while me, mom and Lisa went to Mckinney Trade Days. Here they are mixing cement - I had to make two extra trips to Home Depot for more bags of quick set, who knew one lampost would take 180 lbs of cement to set!
Here's the lampost....while the cement is setting.....this is mom and dad posing just before they head back to Oklahoma....
On Saturday, I finished the flowerbed, set the lampost and planted my two rose bushes that I bought. A Mr. Lincoln and a John F Kennedy bush...in honor of Presidents day. After the last frost, i'll plant my First Ladies' Snapdragons and this east flowerbed will be an honorary Presidential garden....haha.
My cats love to come outside with me....but Lola, my tortie has the heart of a hunter and wanders around the beds, lounges and stretches on the patio then without notice...she's over the fence and in the neighbors yard...here's the proof......
She did that everytime she was out this weekend, so all day Sunday - she had to stay in and it didn't sit too well.....she climbed up the windows, clawed at the door....she was one mad kitty!
It was a great weekend, despite Lola running off - here's how the east Presidential garden transpired....outlined with border....
Next got ugly with some cardboard...(pizza boxes work great)
Then a lovely layer of newspaper, shredded bills, paper, etc.....cypress mulch, peat and repeat!
Then finally a layer of the good presentable mulch and it turns out something like this....
Can't wait to transplant my seedlings and other lovelies in the EPG!
That's going to be lovely all done up with your new plants in it. Can't wait to see the photos when all done.
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Nice garden setup ;) So lucky you have supporting Dad & Charlie :) Hope to read more adventure in upcoming post.
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