20 April 2008

Bye-Bye, Boxwood!

Will is now completely over his rash, his fever, and any other malady (knock wood). We spent yesterday ripping out about a dozen well-established boxwood shrubs in our back yard, so I think we're all having a little "allergy hangover" today. The bright side is that our patio suddenly seems much bigger, and I honestly think we get a little more light in the evening. We're still trying to figure out what to do with the area - whether we'll plant something else, pave it out to expand the patio, or put a nice little container flowerbed out there.

Some pictures from yesterday...


My climber is blooming - we have 7 blooms now and another dozen on the way!

Will, enjoying the sunshine and watching us work.

Boxwoods - halfway gone!

Good riddance! (and Rolf's new garden shed)

I've never liked those boxwood, but we kept them because they were the only thing growing at the house when we moved in, save the giant nandina in the front. Now that we have other vegetation, and the house no longer looks like the Addams family resides here, it was time to rip 'em out. We had planned to do it last year, but by this time last spring, I was on bedrest and wasn't even supposed to go to the store, much less do heavy yard work.

I'm glad they're gone.

3 comments:

Mom's the Word said...

Looks good. I would suggest planting some pretty elephant ears and hostas. That part looks pretty shady. If you had more sun, I would tell you to plant a butterfly garden.

Ghost Writer said...

Hmmm, your comment didn't publish for some reason, Liz. Our backyard (and our front, too) is indeed quite shady. That's part of the reason there was no vegetation when we moved in. We're thinking about removing a tree from our back yard so we can get more sun. All the plants I love don't like the shade. We get som early morning sun, and that's about it.

Mom's the Word said...

Well, that does make a perfect place for Will to play without getting too much sun exposure. Poor Jack would fry in our backyard. I might bring him over to play this summer :)