More gardening

We're slowly working on getting the house back to normal, or as normal as it was before we started painting the living and dining rooms. The work crew has repainted those rooms, plus the hallways and ceilings in those three areas. It all looks fantastic, so much brighter and more cheerful than the dull tan color the prior owners left.

The spare bathroom is painted, and the new bathtub will be installed Wednesday. Then Stace can get to work tiling the shower area, and then the floor.

Since the bathroom wasn't ready for us to start working over the weekend, we tackled a small project in the front yard. The front of the house lacked colorful plants, and the dirt in front of the house between the two bushes was a weed breeding ground. We dug out the weeds and a lot of the dirt, and then laid the black weed-blocking plastic and bark.

Cora helped out by sweeping up the dirt.


We then put up a trellis and planted some jasmine (including one we've had in a pot for years, at the condo) and a few red rose bushes. Let's cross our fingers all the plants take! It's been very hot lately. My mom gave us help with this project, and in the back yard, where she put some new flowers in the pots.

And on the topic of gardening, Cora is holding the second zucchini we've enjoyed from our garden. She's also investigating a green tomato she found on the ground under the plant. We noticed today that a few of the cherry tomatoes are just starting to turn orange.