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A lot has been going on here at soapHOUSE the past few weeks. Some in the garden and a lot with other things. I have been very blessed to have just started a new job that allows me to work from home as a part time design assistant for my church. So, I get to be with my babies and look at my plants while I do what I love! What could be better???!!!
The wonderful people at the job that I left gave me such a hearfelt send-off and they all know how much I love to garden – so I got LOTS of plants!
One of the beautiful things that I got was a florist hydrangea in full bloom. I looks quite nice in my hydrangea bed!
It sets of my oakleaf very nicely!
I also got a native trillium that I put along my shade path to the veggie beds.
A red miniature rose was among the loot – I will plant that in my new bed by the deck when that is finished. (Progress continues there and this weekend work will be done on the stairs) I also got a “forget me not” – how cute is that! And, last but not least, some beautiful zinnias that I planted along my front walk.
Things are coming along quite nicely in the front bed ( my baby girl seems to think so) :
I do love the way everything is filling in. I took a clump of blue grass and put it in the from berm by the elephant ear…I think that will be a nice contrast in texture and color.
The veggie beds are also coming along nicely. 
Lots of good germination happening with the abundance of rain we have had!
All this rain makes EVERYTHING grow, which is great, but some things are traveling! My weedeater has become much more of a necessity lately and I wore out my old one, so I just ordered that Work GT thing of the infomercial…most of the reviews I read online of it looked good, so I am super excited to try it! I have to wait 3 to 4 weeks for delivery, though ?
Something funny happened the other day, hubby was in the back yard by the creek and spotted this ginormous turtle that had its claw stuck in our fence. You can see by this picture in relation to our rottie, just how big this turtle is…SO, hubby got out his welding gloves and moved (the quite angry) turtle back to the creek and we watched him swim away…
Also, as a present to myself for my new job, I decided to have someone come out to look out our “grass” (aka: patch of weeds) in the front. He said we have a combination of centepede and Bermuda grass and that he can start a treatment program to kill the weeds and encourage healthy growth and that in less than 1 year we should have real grass…I am SO excited! I think that will set off the gardens in the front so well…and if we are pleased, I will have him treat the back too.
If the rain holds off this weekend, I will be doing lots of tinkering in the yard: pruning, trimming, weeding, etc….
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