Landscape Improvements

We've made some progress on the front yard!
Remember those ugly orangey pink rocks in our front yard? Andy took ALL of them out.
All. by. himself.

NOW YOU SEE THEM:

NOW YOU DON'T:

Remember that big, ugly evergreen that was oddly shaped and too big for the planter? The men (Andy, Brian, and my Dad) took it out last weekend.

NOW YOU SEE IT:

NOW YOU DON'T:

They also helped us plant new stuff and dad almost fixed the spriklers.
BUT, everything we planted ended up looking WAY too small:

The plants probably looked too small because they were too small. But we can't afford big expensive plants. So that's what we get. Someday it would have looked lush and pretty. But I'm impatient when it comes to home improvements. So, as usual, I obsessed about it for a few days and spent long nights thinking about ways to make it look better.

I think I found the solution!

We traded out the tiny Pygmy Date Palm for with a small King Palm. King Palms grow much taller then a PDPalm, but it was cheaper than buying a bigger PDPalm. We also bought New Zealand flax and African Lilies to line that not-so-pretty wall. Hopefully those will grow fast. Here is what it looks like now. Still small, but not quite so bare.

Next we planted the tiny Pygmy Date Palm in our little nook near the front door. I think it will like living there for now. We are going to put plants in to cover up that fence. Someday.

We also replanted some new red apple ground cover in our front, side yard. Then Andy planted 3 New Zealand Flax (AKA: Brownish-Purplish Spiky Plants that get big and full) in between the ground cover. It should look nice when it all grows in.

Lastly, but not leastly, Brian knocked down the concrete compost in the back.

Looks much better.