Landscaping really done and what not.

dear loyal readers,

i sincerely apologize for the lack of posts. i am kind of a big deal around here and my time being in high demand as such, i haven't had a lot of time or desire to post ... fear not, however, progress is always being made on El Rancho. also, i work on computery stuff all day, so the last thing i want to do at night is ... you guessed it, use a computer even more. i see carpal tunnel syndrome from all the tappy tap tapping on the keyboard and sterility from whatever emissions are released from the monitor of my laptop in my near future.

anywho, it is saturday night and i have been doing a bit o' painting and drinking of various beers while Double E attends a concert you couldn't pay me to sit through and needed a break, so i thought i would update this here blog. last weekend (has it really been that long since i have posted?) i finished up the landscaping and thought i would take you on a visual odyssey of sorts, muchachos. behold:

i replaced the burnt out verbena (likely from over fertlizing) with bright red salvia. good choice - lets hope i don't kill it this time. things will look much better when i get my new (red) front door in a few weeks. i am starting to understand thsi gardening thing a bit better: it sucks because it requires patience and nothing sucks worse than something that requires patience ... however, seeing everything bright and colorful and beautiful, even if it only looked that way for a single day, was well worth the time and cost, since that is how i will probably always choose to remember it - perfect.









in the old flower box in the back, i decided to plant some petunias, since the tend to do well in full sun and what not. i did some quick maintenance on the box by driving a few nails into it to tighten the structure up a bit, then repainted the whole thing red (from grey). didnt turn out too bad, if i do say so myself, considering i did it at night (neighbors, you may thank me later for my late night diligence and noise making). the ensuing beauty lies below:


forgot to mention that i dug out all of the dirt that was in the box and replaced it with a combo of fresh potting and top soil. sidenote: i am glad i am done with all of my digging projects, since i have officially run out places to put the dirt. it has all gone on the side of my garage nearest the shrub line, but i think i may need to borrow a tiller from somewhere to grind it down a bit and thin it out.











i also put some begonias in the box on the deck to finish thing off:

ok, i just realized that this picture simultaneously blows and sucks, so you will just need to trust that they look good, i also forgot to mention that while mulching these two boxes, i also remulched the beds in the front and along the sidewalk.