Front Yard Update

My front yard needed a make-over, big time! The last guy who came by to cut our lawn just stopped showing up. It seems like a typical thing, out here, in Florida. Strange. O.K. So the yard was a mess for about a month or so.

Then we finally found a great landscaper I could count on and who I could trust, not to screw me over on the price. He put in a couple of palm trees, for me. I have always wanted to have palm trees in my yard! Yeah! During the day, you can see one of the palms (the Queen Palm) on Live Cam #1. You can see it blowing in the nice warm wind.

Here is a video of the landscaper working on the yard:

New Yard
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The yard has gone through some changes. Here is a picture of the yard when we first bought the house. I don't know what kinds of plants they are supose to be, but I know they didn't have any flowers. They made the place look like a jungle.

Then I decided to try to work on it myself. It looked alright for a little while. I just couldn't get anything to grow. No beautiful flowers blooming. I do not have the almight "Green Thumb". Here are a few pictures of the work I did.

Ok. This needs something.

Landscaping Project

The prior owners planted a bunch of bushes in front of the house. It looked like a jungle! I had no idea what the plants were and they didn't have any flowers or colorful leaves. Blaaaaaah!

This is what the front of my house looked like.

Don and I pulled out all of those bushes. Then we grabbed some edging bricks from Home Depot. I actually put them in, myself. Not bad for an amature, ey?



I orderd the Roll N Grow for the flower bed. That's the green fiber-type material you see in the flower bed.
Roll N Garden in the flower bed.


This is a plant given to us by our Realtor, after we bought the house. It's just the kind of plant I was looking for!