The Fruits of This Weekend's Labor

The weather this weekend was perfect for working outside.  The Husband's goal was to get all of our shade beds looking good ... removing the weeds (mostly violets and chickweed) and installing garden edging around the pavilion (the edging was FREE on Craig's List a few weeks ago).  He worked incredibly hard, and the results are wonderful. 

This will be the site of our daughter's wedding ceremony next month, so it has to look really, REALLY good.  Frequent rain showers have made the ground perfectly damp to make weed pulling easier, without being too wet to plant.  I have a few hostas in pots left to plant in the bare spots near the fence.  We'll lay mulch as soon as we get more, and the area will be finished!  This is one more thing that we can check off the wedding To Do list.

(This photo was taken yesterday evening with my new lens ... it arrived in the mail on Friday! It's great to have my trusty Nikon DSLR back in business again.  Depending on today's light conditions, expect to be totally bombarded with rose photos in the very near future.)