The landscaping project continues...

Lots of progress recently despite all the rain!  Dan finished our deck and it looks awesome, and huge!!  Starting on the arbor now...

We began transplanting some of the plants from the front flower bed to other areas of the yard to create little patches of color.  First I pulled out the Ty plants and put them under the grapefruit tree.  We finished the area by putting a protective cover of landscaping fabric ($10 for 150ft = about 16 feet used here), a plastic edging surrounding the bed ($20 for 20ft), and a layer of pine mulch (3 bags at $1.30/each).  Looks pretty good for appx. $25!!

We also transplanted some of the tall lily grass around the corner of the yard as a little wall to mask the fire hydrant.  $0 cost to transplant these from the flower bed.

Next we planted some gold duranta along the front of the house = only $6 each at Home Depot (normally $10)!!  We'll added the protective cover of landscaping fabric and will edge and mulch next, but the rain interrupted our work today.

 

 

I purchased two clay pedastol pots from Olde Time Pottery to go at the end of our sidewalk.  We filled them with the transplanted purple shield that used to be around our great oak tree, and also threw in some wild elephant ear and groundcover we found growing by the tree as well.  We had one extra lily grass plant that we split between the two pots.  Looks pretty good.  The pots were only $25/each so not a bad investment for these statement pieces.  Next we will fill the ground around the base of the pots with natural pebbles and rocks and then use edging around the area.