Weekend work

Last weekend was beautiful weather outside. It definitely does not feel like February. Of course this means its time to get out in the yard and start working. One of the first things I wanted to get done was pruning the roses, my Mom and brother had already done a little work but I wanted to do more. I had not realized that the warm weather has caused them to start budding already.

Before

After

Next was to remove the stumps from the shrubs that had been in front of the bay window of the house and the small tree.

Before

During (there was a lot of manual labor involved) 

After

Katie and Olive supervised the entire project

Katie examined the bugs that came out of the ground, here is a caterpillar

We also began planting instead of just tearing out. Here are two new rosebushes and a tulip plant that Katie picked out

The overall affect is it looks much cleaner and neat now, there is more light coming in the bay window and Katie can actually see out it. I have more plants in the garage to add here but that will take another day off.