well.. this is my very first attempt at the "green thumb" gig. i've always loved those beautiful gardens where every single patch of dirt is covered with flowers almost falling on top of the other.lets just say i'm not there yet!! this is our very first yard and it is very overwhelming. i'm very much an instant gratification person.. so its really hard to take the time to make it right and wait on things to grow!! recently we made a flowerbed against our back fence using stacked bricks. 3 truckloads of soil and 2 truckloads of mulch later we were ready to get started... we planted climbing roses, lantana, salvia, ginger, bougainvillea, carolina jasmine, plumeria, louisiana iris, and afew more things. we decided to plant mostly perennials that are pretty hardy so hopefully next spring we can eagerly anticipate the arrival of our flowers. since planting, our yard had been filled with bees, butterflies, and hummingbird's!!! our new visitors and the view were well worth the sweat and blisters!!
