It’s wonderful and exhausting that the people who owned this land for 10 years before we bought it did ZERO landscaping.

Today, HWMMS did the tough work of tilling…about 180ft along the creekside perimeter of the front lawn, in 85 degree heat WHICH WAS HIS CHOICE not mine. I stayed indoors and out of the sun. Geez, where’s SPRING? 85 is way too hot for May. WAY TOO HOT. Anyhow, I love this photo…HWMMS looks like he’s about to start a revolution…or kick me in the butt for taking this photo. I think he looks adorable.

After the tilling was done, I planted 4 lilac bushes, 4 butterfly bushes, 4 beautyberry bushes, 4 rugusa rose bushes, 4 ninebark bushes, 12 pots of creeping philox, a basket of mixed perennials, 4 dahlias, 2 holly bushes, clematis plant, beets, parsnips, and kale. And 4 lemon geranium potted plants for the porch.

Oh and potted lemon, lime and orange trees for the pool room.

My vision? To take this woefully unlandscaped area along the creekside perimeter of the front lawn (the photo above was from last year at our closing date) and turn it into a gorgeous cottage garden for butterflies and bumblebees filled with bushes and blooms and tons and tons and tons of perennials over the years (all blue, purple, pink, white shades…)

Something like this…

Purple Garden