Before & After

Remember how I told you Hubby has been pretty busy outside?  He has done an incredible job changing our landscaping.  It was overwhelming for the two of us, neither with a particularly green thumb. 

I wish we had taken better before pictures.  Oh well.  So here is the front landscaping before.

The start of the giant island to the right.  Massive!

Part of the giant island to the right!

This mess what an island connecting the right of the landscaping!  It was huge!  And ugly!

These azaleas weren't the end of the world, just not what I wanted!

Boxwoods and ugliness!

So, like I said, not great pics.  We were actually posting them for free on Craigslist and FreeCycle to anyone that wanted to dig them out.  Unfortunately, Hubster ended up chopping them all down. 

It was just too much.  We don't have that kind of time.  The weeds were out of control.  There were random strawberry bushes in that mess too.  They weren't producing because the rest of the ground cover was choking it out.  And a couple random rose bushes that were also being crowded out.  It was a giant mess that made our house look messy too.

So after many hours in the hot sun, Husbster finished!  We made the landscaped area smaller on the right side of the house and around the tree by the walk way.  Again, just too much for us.

So now we have eight beautiful white hydrangeas that are already starting to bloom!!  Hubster laid sod in the areas we needed it.  Put down a layer of newspaper, weedblock, and Organic mulch in hopes that the weeds won't come back.  Fingers crossed.

This is off to the right side... it used to be attached to the giant island of landscaping!

Sorry it is fuzzy!

See the ring around the tree is smaller?  No ugly boxwoods? 

So much simpler!  Love it!

So happy with the way it turned out!

And then, yesterday, Hubster built a raised garden for our veggies!  I know, it is way late in the season, but hopefully we got them in the ground fast enough!  We are trying to grow Roma Tomatoes, Cherry Tomatoes, Bell Peppers, Cauliflower, Basil, and Rosemary.  I can't wait!

The herbs are off to the right in the containers.

So, my friends.  That is what has been keeping us all busy and soaking up some Vitamin D!