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May 12, 2007
We spent most of today planting in the front yard. This is the area where we smothered the grass last summer. A bunch of plants were added late last year, but while many of them are coming back, it still looked pretty barren.
We started with a trip to The Natural Garden and ended up coming home with 103 plants. It took about 3 hours to get them all in the ground. Benia and I are not as young as we were last year. There were complaints from sore knees and backs, but it was all worth it to us. There isn't quite as much open space, but still more than we would like. Hopefully the plants will help us out a little and fill in on their own. This is getting to be an expensive hobby.
This spring has been a great joy for us. We have been walking around the yard watching as every day something new pops up. A trillium here, a mayapple there, and wild geraniums everywhere. The grasses are coming back bigger and thicker than last year. It is all very exciting to us.
No pictures this time, but there will be some new ones soon.
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