Botanical Beauties

Little by little, the lawn gets smaller and the beds get bigger. Grass is overrated anyway. We put in two raised vegetable beds, moving the perennials around, and dug out a new "Mediterranean" garden. The 4th St. bed got an extra foot in depth, and another new bed went in on the other side of the fence by the alley. The hyssop and monarda love it there!

The hops is still out of control; I'm pretty sure I will attempt to eradicate that this fall, but I'm not so sure I'll succeed.

I didn't do much plant purchasing this year. I'm trying to work with what I have now and later fill in any gaps. We did go a little mulch crazy, though. Everything looks better with mulch!

Much thanks to my fiance, who did all of the heavy lifting. He was an inspiration and a motivation.