Well, it looks like spring has finally sprung, or at least it did for Easter weekend. Our spring has been pretty much non-existent (just winter prolonged); however, Mother Nature made up for this by making Easter weekend very nice. The daffodils look happy at least.
Jared was lucky (or unlucky?) enough to have Good Friday off. So what did he do on his day off? He de-thached the yard to get rid of the pesky moss, and then he aerated the lawn. After doing all of that, he followed up with spreading some grass seed and fertilizer. Now if we get a some rain this week followed by some sun, the lawn should be on its way to a great start!
You may be wondering what was next? Well, he was extra ambitious and attacked some of the thicket in the backyard, and when we say thicket, we mean thicket. The entire perimeter of our yard, especially the part of the yard that runs along the Tolt Pipeline Trail is thicket. We have been slowly whacking away at it, but with so many other projects and since it isn't a lot of fun, clearing thicket is always last. Anyway, Jared decided to hack away on it a bit. Here's the section that he cleared away -- we can't believe how much better it looks.
In addition, we also planted some flowers and cleaned up some flower beds as well. Below is a shot of our peony plants. Last year, we only had one flower. However, we think that is because we moved them late in the season. This year we are hoping for many more! We just cleared out the weeds to give them more room to grow.
This is our new flower bed with various flowers and plants. We could probably use a few more, but we decided to go with sparse and see how the plants grow. The sunlight in our backyard is limited because of all of our Big Leaf Maple Trees, so we'll start with these plants first and see how they do.
We also put a few plants in containers so that after the summer is over, we can bring them inside the house. Here is a shot of our Meyer Lemon Tree. We're not convinced it will survive, but it sure smells nice -- and we really miss our citrus trees we had in Arizona.
Here's a shot of our Mexican Orange Tree. It is supposed to be able to survive outside, but we put it in a container just in case. It is supposed to blossom in the fall -- it doesn't produce any fruit, but we're okay with that, we just want the smell of the blossoms!
