More Landscaping...

I was feeling like getting a lot done today.  That means that Joe was going to be doing a lot.  I had a lot more pictures but for some reason my iPad decided to delete them.  I decided that we needed to mulch out the tree that Joe planted in the front yard.  I also decided we needed to add flowers in the flower bed that lines the front porch.

Yup.  I planted flowers.  Marigolds went into the flower bed.

Mac and Joe dug out the grass around the tree.  (this is what I had more pictures of)

Our neighbor came over to help Joe dig out the old dead Lilac stump that was in our front yard.  Now there is a random dirt spot in our yard.  It will eventually look way better than having a dead Lilac stump there in the yard.

Mac decided to further "help" Joe by watering himself and a random spot in the yard.  He makes me giggle.

We also put mulch in around the Mommy tree and in the flower bed.  Mulch makes everything look better.  We still need to put around the edging for the Mommy tree but we are off to a better start.

These are the flowers near the Mommy tree. 

After we got done mulching in the front yard, we headed to the backyard.  Our back yard is STRUGGLING.  There are tons of dead grass patches from the dogs going to the bathroom in the winter time.  I decided to add some plants to the back.  Last summer, I planted two dwarf evergreen trees in planters on the sides of the garage doors.  One of them was looking pretty rough so we decided to try them in the backyard where they could get more sunshine and water.  Joe dug big ole holes and dropped them in.  We still need to cut the grass near them but I think eventually it is going to look better.  Maybe tomorrow we will run the sprinkler in the back yard again to see if we can get some of that grass back.......FINGERS crossed.

After the trees got planted, we headed back to the front yard to clean up everything.  Mac once again "assisted."

Here is the progress so far.....

I have 2 lilac bushes in my yard and they are starting to get ready to bloom.  The one closer to the front of the house blooms earlier and bigger than the one near my fence.

And so this entire post is not just about the random yard work we have been doing....here are some snuggle pictures with Mac!