The big stump we dug out of the garden

Most of Saturday was taken up with removing a MASSIVE stump from the corner of the planter. It took us a few hours to dig it out. Ugh. What a pain. But -- it was well worth it -- having that stump in the corner of my garden would have bothered the hell out of me, and if we'd tried to remove it next year -- we would have trampled all the plants around it. So -- yay us for taking the time to get the damn thing out. That being said -- I think we'll pay someone to grind out the other 3 stumps we have in the yard. Cause damn that was a lot of work.

Sunday was more fun. I placed the brick border to match the planter on the left. Then we mixed a bunch of top soil with our home-made compost and filled in the planter. We bought a bunch of shade-loving plants to live in our freshly turned dirt. Hopefully the like their new home. The two sides of the house look a little unbalanced now... with the more-established plants from last year's planter project on the left and the new garden on the right -- but I'm sure it will catch up soon enough.

The planter to the left of the stairs that we planted last year

The planter on the right of the stairs that we finished this weekend.

I had fun making cairns again this year. But this time -- my garden is now guarded by a genuine Garden Fairy who lives in her very own little castle. Isn't she cute?

Di made me a GREAT broken tile mosaic house number (luckily she checked to make sure what house number we lived at before she made it). Thanks to Bernie for hanging it for us. I also had the boys install my rooster plant hangers (see them next to the mosaic). Its so neat to see the front yard come together.... The back yard will be a project for another year (or three).

The garden fairy who guards our garden, Di's tile mosaic in the background.

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Posted by Jessica on July 1, 2007 10:04:00 PM EDT #