Gardening Journal and toofies

Well, the boys and I finished mulching the flower beds. The type of shrubs lining our walkway are Japanese boxwood and the ones under our bay window are Loropetalum. August and I planted Dahlias...as I have already mentioned, some of them are pushing up shoots. I planted Fig Ivy under our living room window, it faces East and due to our lack of gutters that portion of our lawn is lacking grass and riddled with roots from a tree. According to a woman I met at the Houston Garden Center, it will grow anywhere. Already it is growing and it has only been a week. I have also undertaken the task of getting rid of the flower bed liner under the trampoline. That ranks high as the scariest and grossest job I have EVER done. I found snakes, centipedes, June bugs, grubs, ants, I think some cockroaches, earthworms and the largest spiders....I can't even believe I did it. Of course, I must tell you that Brian did help. Mostly because he grew tired of watching me being so squeamish.

P.S. Ocean's front teeth have cut through and he is really cute when he laughs & smiles. I'll get a photo up soon.