With Spring here, Drake and I have started working on some landscaping. We have done a few little things to help get us started. Drake pulled out the three small bushes in front of our office window. He thinks they are yew bushes. (He has a rash on both arms from pulling them out.) We replaced these bushes with 4 small boxwoods. We bought a boxwood last year and liked how it stayed green all year and just the over all look of it. Here is a before picture when we first bought the house...


Here is a picture of our new bushes. I think it looks so much better. (Sorry the picture is a little dark)

We bought these flowers at Menards to put in the flower pot on our deck. (We can't remember what they are called....Drake thinks it is "wandering" something.)


We also bought these two hosta plants for the front. We have a small pot that we will also put there once we find a plant for it.
Last fall, I planted tulip bulbs. I wasn't sure if they would come out.....but they did! They looked beautiful for a few weeks, but after the strong wind the other day...sadly there are just a few petals left :( Oh well, they looked great while they lasted!

Hopefully soon we will have some more posts of other planting we do! Next week we are going to put more weed fabric down in the flower beds....