Mulch Better-Part 2 The Backyard

<div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I hope you all enjoyed my <a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/06/it-looks-mulch-better.html" target="_blank">Front yard tour</a>.</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  Well, the backyard was even more fun to mulch! </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">It took twice as long to finish and it was probably three times as HOT outside last weekend.  But it's done now and looks so much better.  I'll give you a short tour around the property: </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3HJJaIzWjSYOuBItiNmXQpeVbOGTkaNcedtJhmX22XPjtMn6iiKdbWUo5YsWPacR8wo2BvnPKeRq-yg87c2yhO77DR9aDOYIoUPbgSjUye2CoScFu3OWIdtT_CzMwLL_982HDBZtQL1T/s1600/IMG_4431.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3HJJaIzWjSYOuBItiNmXQpeVbOGTkaNcedtJhmX22XPjtMn6iiKdbWUo5YsWPacR8wo2BvnPKeRq-yg87c2yhO77DR9aDOYIoUPbgSjUye2CoScFu3OWIdtT_CzMwLL_982HDBZtQL1T/s640/IMG_4431.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">This is what the backyard looks like from the golf course.  I don't play golf but I like looking out onto the course.  We are surrounded by two ponds which are really pretty too.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSsl5ikwRPbFgNn1HSiK4XlTD9YN82eMH9oqlWc_QIbc6LfJzN0_Jf5Uz4HjK2JjsI5zhgwf123MrdNkr3AJ28YycdO0u0c3BthA39hXElFru0xcBCPAHYqMQuCt1PlMPlZEBOzwnMoQjR/s1600/IMG_4423-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSsl5ikwRPbFgNn1HSiK4XlTD9YN82eMH9oqlWc_QIbc6LfJzN0_Jf5Uz4HjK2JjsI5zhgwf123MrdNkr3AJ28YycdO0u0c3BthA39hXElFru0xcBCPAHYqMQuCt1PlMPlZEBOzwnMoQjR/s640/IMG_4423-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Our lot is on a slope which allows us to have a walkout basement but our backyard would have been a small ski hill without building this retaining wall.  It's made out of local stone and is about 8 feet high in some places.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORhVovAj6_R5vrSVcedUgLbMxOPPffrGXqpGkKM48ZUG26PWkmjai1cjcXrvJ2QPrOjnxgZeS2o-HhYEozCmvgYakPqbjbvHQrC4Cn5VUq1b-Ayzav2Oz8MLoCiKnsNMDhHi3gdduKOeV/s1600/IMG_4424-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORhVovAj6_R5vrSVcedUgLbMxOPPffrGXqpGkKM48ZUG26PWkmjai1cjcXrvJ2QPrOjnxgZeS2o-HhYEozCmvgYakPqbjbvHQrC4Cn5VUq1b-Ayzav2Oz8MLoCiKnsNMDhHi3gdduKOeV/s640/IMG_4424-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">We planted all of the beds ourselves 10 years ago.  Now the ornamental grasses are huge and the creeping junipers are a little too "creepy" for me.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih-9lBdVuSWSo6_13TDYmFmJWGp6dRgMU_RNjCuqZiSBvx05dlRA67q3_AcDM4D6lMP5qUMvY80JenJPjs8iUzsI9grkImsx2Tn6XnsL64lAkikAun2y3rfckQRed-bNsUtJ40zUjASFXv/s1600/IMG_4421-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih-9lBdVuSWSo6_13TDYmFmJWGp6dRgMU_RNjCuqZiSBvx05dlRA67q3_AcDM4D6lMP5qUMvY80JenJPjs8iUzsI9grkImsx2Tn6XnsL64lAkikAun2y3rfckQRed-bNsUtJ40zUjASFXv/s640/IMG_4421-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">This is one of the ponds.  I love my daylilies around the small plum tree.  They never disappoint me and grow without much care.  I need kids like that!  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5eGgCd22jnlm8qWyvfTJ-uB6e9jyrGCexYbIf88Exr9GRCOxAQQsoK0F6Y0WQRRw6eScTEg-3UKQuKvuf2y_-Y2QCa1DbaAFCZ2LQkFGjYIu0pi419Vp9-kQJrROH98Z6pZDILfEbF3g7/s1600/IMG_4428-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5eGgCd22jnlm8qWyvfTJ-uB6e9jyrGCexYbIf88Exr9GRCOxAQQsoK0F6Y0WQRRw6eScTEg-3UKQuKvuf2y_-Y2QCa1DbaAFCZ2LQkFGjYIu0pi419Vp9-kQJrROH98Z6pZDILfEbF3g7/s640/IMG_4428-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">And here is a view from the other side of the pond last night.  The neighbors make our house look small.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnAk5ndHR88ZJX-iNCKZkoTxnyBE4i3eViBBv-9HjcvvcJ0DUDgfQ_ka5qxgk6AWfddzNOL9_ONP1T6ctxo_8FivveD8v5PCj9TsOp1znxQwLj3Cz32t4NpDD1zxmbwftiFt-5rFG_c1K/s1600/IMG_4436-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnAk5ndHR88ZJX-iNCKZkoTxnyBE4i3eViBBv-9HjcvvcJ0DUDgfQ_ka5qxgk6AWfddzNOL9_ONP1T6ctxo_8FivveD8v5PCj9TsOp1znxQwLj3Cz32t4NpDD1zxmbwftiFt-5rFG_c1K/s640/IMG_4436-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">This is my favorite part of the backyard, the stone patio.   Mr. Beaux built a firepit around the stone steps.  It's fun in the summer to build a fire and make smores.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhferNDh0wiZqlDfh0KoIqUdqpUdoFgW-rYguQex1s7pCCQUtIZhj8zi4o_KYCrSHTge7UbGQAP4HVhnHVl5GDofe4dHevgj-sIPgJ2D8LU_MCnH_sD81lB-IWF7aYgE5I-j97Q3VDeB1ev/s1600/IMG_4446.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhferNDh0wiZqlDfh0KoIqUdqpUdoFgW-rYguQex1s7pCCQUtIZhj8zi4o_KYCrSHTge7UbGQAP4HVhnHVl5GDofe4dHevgj-sIPgJ2D8LU_MCnH_sD81lB-IWF7aYgE5I-j97Q3VDeB1ev/s640/IMG_4446.jpg" width="466" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> My hydrangea bushes look so pretty against the stone wall.  I had a lilac bush that I just pulled out.  Everything was so crowded in there.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW1JURbq8khmZAWZD3RNddp99pj3nupCnIulgtzf8N0mRiS2DSmPy1g3626WV4de01yp2myldm87C7PIqyKMc3hKO2zhy_NIq_5Xp29ex7-DZAOk9yQkaSKZ0slfbN6FwVEHEOulebLv4n/s1600/IMG_4443.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW1JURbq8khmZAWZD3RNddp99pj3nupCnIulgtzf8N0mRiS2DSmPy1g3626WV4de01yp2myldm87C7PIqyKMc3hKO2zhy_NIq_5Xp29ex7-DZAOk9yQkaSKZ0slfbN6FwVEHEOulebLv4n/s640/IMG_4443.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">These were green and white last year and I stuck some rusty nails in the ground.  I have to work on the other ones this year.  I forget what else you can do to change the color. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Hello Google!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUKEF6j4mC3BEg2aYKhS4YJhX2mLfNVTc-UyoqPgbnR_mbmtjbEAJU0sFkAjVTjFNXFCFj8nNiJnquFFuEYYxSxbKyoPZ8fL-c4EmVpMkpdQeSVm-QSfGYdG5acrQrrdYlwsYT_D3cew4/s1600/IMG_4447.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUKEF6j4mC3BEg2aYKhS4YJhX2mLfNVTc-UyoqPgbnR_mbmtjbEAJU0sFkAjVTjFNXFCFj8nNiJnquFFuEYYxSxbKyoPZ8fL-c4EmVpMkpdQeSVm-QSfGYdG5acrQrrdYlwsYT_D3cew4/s640/IMG_4447.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">And more hydrangeas against the house.  We planted creeping moss and Irish moss inbetween the stones.  It took a long time but it finally grew in nicely.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsa0JgcWUVwBPjYp1avO7RX1u10XyOYRBXecSv9Oe7uQyoZmuHeW7smn8-QeTg5M4IFkwBXdGa48YCzqghdk-SCjm_s4ior_tTNQEEivAM9iHAcmA0K0MobVvftMVU_GGH_9nNnI8GADGX/s1600/IMG_4444.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsa0JgcWUVwBPjYp1avO7RX1u10XyOYRBXecSv9Oe7uQyoZmuHeW7smn8-QeTg5M4IFkwBXdGa48YCzqghdk-SCjm_s4ior_tTNQEEivAM9iHAcmA0K0MobVvftMVU_GGH_9nNnI8GADGX/s640/IMG_4444.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">OK, anyone know what these are?  Some kind of variegated hydrangea?  Why are they only partially blooming? </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I've got a great green thumb I know!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFDSAxgP7JaoHX9M31tSbvDpekvrelPnd8wUG59thvO1ldp54Mx3yDyfpYsahZwoz2vo-Y2l4Tb0k9wnCUf06kfkL4qZews_cDM5lrunxQ6J9uFpclsg6H-LHi9Eg96uj6aleKTIagWjPj/s1600/IMG_4448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFDSAxgP7JaoHX9M31tSbvDpekvrelPnd8wUG59thvO1ldp54Mx3yDyfpYsahZwoz2vo-Y2l4Tb0k9wnCUf06kfkL4qZews_cDM5lrunxQ6J9uFpclsg6H-LHi9Eg96uj6aleKTIagWjPj/s640/IMG_4448.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Stone steps up to the driveway. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Aren't these cool?</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  I want to take a family picture here someday.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmo4UJz79PYhKWeuCKpkBufui78WkIbv7YJZrFAIki3yFfoL0MpGlD4r-vGtlxP_hm_tZ3VfePEOK7o6YYd0Vp8U6L3OyXJD-tT8v3JG3-vV-ykJwPkri_n7cxDNaad1kUpLsbdpzl29uC/s1600/IMG_4449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmo4UJz79PYhKWeuCKpkBufui78WkIbv7YJZrFAIki3yFfoL0MpGlD4r-vGtlxP_hm_tZ3VfePEOK7o6YYd0Vp8U6L3OyXJD-tT8v3JG3-vV-ykJwPkri_n7cxDNaad1kUpLsbdpzl29uC/s640/IMG_4449.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">A little secret pathway under the deck to the patio.</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  Hey!  Some Bunny has been eating my Hostas!  If they weren't so cute I'd set traps out or something...</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for coming along on the tour of my backyard!  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">XO Cindy</span></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Linking up to:</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Kim at <a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/">Savvy Southern Style</a> for Wow Us Wednesdays<br />Judy at <a href="http://diybydesign.blogspot.com/">DIY by Design</a> <a href="http://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"></a></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Gina at <a href="http://www.theshabbychiccottage.net/">The Shabby Creek Cottage</a> for Transformation Thursdays<br />Sherry at <a href="http://nominimalisthere.blogspot.com/">No Minimalist Here</a> for the Open House Party on Thursdays</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">  <a href="http://frommyfrontporchtoyours.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">From My Front Porch To Yours</a> for Treasure Hunt Thursday<br /> Cindy at <a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/">My Romantic Home</a>for Show and Tell Friday<br />Courtney at <a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/">French Country Cottage</a> for Feathered Nest Friday<br />Heather and Vanessa at <a href="http://www.atthepicketfence.com/">At the Picket Fence</a> for Inspiration Friday <br />Sherry at<a href="http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/"> The Charm of Home</a> for Home Sweet Home Friday<br />Jen at <a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/">Tatertots and Jello</a>for the Weekend Wrap-up Party <br />Donna at <a href="http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/">Funky Junk Interiors</a> for Saturday Nite Special</i></span></div>

Mulch Better-Part 2 The Backyard

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It Looks "Mulch" Better

<div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Hi Everyone, I hope you had a fantastic weekend! </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Our weather was great here,</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> nice and sunny and not too windy.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Perfect weather for <b style="color: #783f04;">MULCH!!!</b></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAq-_1prGT5riJH188tRGXbOcwH3eF-XrNouAg1VrJ4oj1i4vKH5E2TY8ylofLUaVP1jQiCdu5Il1MsFLsaZmTDIplxrGwpLQXdxsH2yWpu1slCY_FbZqoZrDWQVzwnw-GRrp0EhxND1Be/s1600/IMG_4392.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAq-_1prGT5riJH188tRGXbOcwH3eF-XrNouAg1VrJ4oj1i4vKH5E2TY8ylofLUaVP1jQiCdu5Il1MsFLsaZmTDIplxrGwpLQXdxsH2yWpu1slCY_FbZqoZrDWQVzwnw-GRrp0EhxND1Be/s640/IMG_4392.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I ordered 10 yards of Java Brown mulch on Thursday to be delivered on Friday afternoon. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> That really got us going on finishing up the weeding </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">in the backyard.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Mr. Beaux had been working on the front yard for the past couple of weeks to get it up to snuff.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0VoKTQD3QRnD_XQsOMSHpYgN7krTiSmzDAeb3ii-DlMuazeiPRUuBpovF7drO89HNrfIi81H92MJEP2bkOflUlqCacfcgvGntlAeTi6Hj9DN9BLyeV3Ot91t8Lmwn-QQ6q-jDxHV9U7n/s1600/IMG_4393.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0VoKTQD3QRnD_XQsOMSHpYgN7krTiSmzDAeb3ii-DlMuazeiPRUuBpovF7drO89HNrfIi81H92MJEP2bkOflUlqCacfcgvGntlAeTi6Hj9DN9BLyeV3Ot91t8Lmwn-QQ6q-jDxHV9U7n/s640/IMG_4393.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">They deliver the mulch with a huge truck but won't drop it unless you have a tarp down to protect the driveway from staining.  I love the dark brown color of the Java, but other people use a light brown or red mulch.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HrzMeTDev_ohPSkGhHZwr-tU77jzK4h9sw1HzCZxzE6JjPOq861aVqP_p6w4SRYQuo2rCpX1KlRc2XTGOnlk03bhl4Vz_ixTsKXjuNI-D6wpxWvUjuyfhhr4-m8cvo4xQ5ACcRf-uYHG/s1600/IMG_4395.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HrzMeTDev_ohPSkGhHZwr-tU77jzK4h9sw1HzCZxzE6JjPOq861aVqP_p6w4SRYQuo2rCpX1KlRc2XTGOnlk03bhl4Vz_ixTsKXjuNI-D6wpxWvUjuyfhhr4-m8cvo4xQ5ACcRf-uYHG/s640/IMG_4395.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Miss Beaux, my number one son, and I all worked on the backyard Friday morning waiting for the mulch to be delivered.  A lot of weed pulling (mostly grass that starts growing under the creeping junipers) </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and cutting back bushes and such. </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> It was <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">hot</span> </b>out there!</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  This is the front yard right before we started mulching.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcFtj8Izy9rNuGoeQJe7ChvdQZNkoQsXtk1RTfjYLoC9GMzG3mK0BMGk-UAXFTjFSON0NJrzX4_TjEn6Ncz9qx9E8hZ-FMfWbNw0AVs8uKfYRjQ1W6U47iqvphsApL9Q5_T6mF3yYDWFhV/s1600/IMG_4396.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcFtj8Izy9rNuGoeQJe7ChvdQZNkoQsXtk1RTfjYLoC9GMzG3mK0BMGk-UAXFTjFSON0NJrzX4_TjEn6Ncz9qx9E8hZ-FMfWbNw0AVs8uKfYRjQ1W6U47iqvphsApL9Q5_T6mF3yYDWFhV/s640/IMG_4396.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">There is all the mulch just waiting for us...  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtDquUl_dflvY2OVpJHCWdbIB8i7g01CsOMZ5aMZXmBiu5u5La90Wozx9xJrjDbamfM0tWQ26V155eNIz87B0HTxrvSqxLCs6IZDue_JXzK0L3WnHtfnNn5sZKDdUAv2qHYtlM-AI8EUuP/s1600/IMG_4397.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtDquUl_dflvY2OVpJHCWdbIB8i7g01CsOMZ5aMZXmBiu5u5La90Wozx9xJrjDbamfM0tWQ26V155eNIz87B0HTxrvSqxLCs6IZDue_JXzK0L3WnHtfnNn5sZKDdUAv2qHYtlM-AI8EUuP/s640/IMG_4397.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">And After!  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">We finished the front yard on Friday night but the backyard took the rest of the weekend.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMqd3h_NdNhzOOhyphenhyphenUS7ST_DBcb0xv4p0R2dosvyInF6VaOXKmlTWTW_t2ab7CvxtXqJmaaZRP2MEvPN2H0Ev090dhFNRSgDit3iI5Qerk1QgxmMvIB6Fs6tGW9dNkIQBIQtxvEQ_yahmP/s1600/IMG_4398.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMqd3h_NdNhzOOhyphenhyphenUS7ST_DBcb0xv4p0R2dosvyInF6VaOXKmlTWTW_t2ab7CvxtXqJmaaZRP2MEvPN2H0Ev090dhFNRSgDit3iI5Qerk1QgxmMvIB6Fs6tGW9dNkIQBIQtxvEQ_yahmP/s640/IMG_4398.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Ahhhhhhh, doesn't that look Mulch Better?  </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">By Sunday night we were sunburned, tired and had mulch in places I can't say!  But we saved about $1,000 doing it all ourselves!!! </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR98nq-reZFNpvLEHB1GbjVVobIwLAytSneQKu5QPA0WZ1upD9NL6NdC6f0hIJPDQsqL2sAbJzVle6w7JvWWk3q0Jr4J1me4nzj3u_hnBIIy52cws0snp6x_jNkEg5LfKTJ_iaad9-Z7RV/s1600/IMG_4400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR98nq-reZFNpvLEHB1GbjVVobIwLAytSneQKu5QPA0WZ1upD9NL6NdC6f0hIJPDQsqL2sAbJzVle6w7JvWWk3q0Jr4J1me4nzj3u_hnBIIy52cws0snp6x_jNkEg5LfKTJ_iaad9-Z7RV/s640/IMG_4400.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">On another note:  My pots are doing <b>Fantastic</b> since Mr. Beaux put in the drip irrigation system (see <a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/05/hello-mister-landscaper-that-is.html" target="_blank">Here</a>).</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  I think the sweet potato plant is taking over.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVkTV0Us77g9eCvQVww8QzMP5PIgPtU46dp8NAiyoVX6wwPvYXgqKJY7sBdoSb3sMlLFHnpE4gSERBtargAozJ3R1hFMFM-jDswGy3rEQQ6GR2EjnXuAN06C-wd3V5TzEbPYwfSL56gdg/s1600/IMG_4403.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVkTV0Us77g9eCvQVww8QzMP5PIgPtU46dp8NAiyoVX6wwPvYXgqKJY7sBdoSb3sMlLFHnpE4gSERBtargAozJ3R1hFMFM-jDswGy3rEQQ6GR2EjnXuAN06C-wd3V5TzEbPYwfSL56gdg/s640/IMG_4403.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">And look at my pretty window boxes! </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I love sitting at my desk in my office </span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and seeing the pretty blooms.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfaqa1Yo-6syOduiRGm_cK_xpUdYEdUdhdM6pFDGz30Gxcddx6VcUqGwRQVg1QqWISg6rVNstDmhbSpNAxgymN25csb52o1QYp7wvwvw3w5mcOyCdACs_pof6lTxo-Zo2TocSQD5bzk4GU/s1600/IMG_4404.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfaqa1Yo-6syOduiRGm_cK_xpUdYEdUdhdM6pFDGz30Gxcddx6VcUqGwRQVg1QqWISg6rVNstDmhbSpNAxgymN25csb52o1QYp7wvwvw3w5mcOyCdACs_pof6lTxo-Zo2TocSQD5bzk4GU/s640/IMG_4404.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I'll show you the backyard in another post.</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  My arms hurt so much I don't think I can lift the camera!</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span></i></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">XO Cindy</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Susan at<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1057618964"> </a><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/">Between Naps on the Porch</a><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/2011/12/beautiful-kitchen-renovation-welcome-to.html"></a>for Metamorphosis Monday<br />Marty at <a href="http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/">A Stroll Thru Life</a> for Tabletop Tuesday</i></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Roeshel  at <a href="http://diyshowoff.com/" target="_blank">DIY Showoff</a></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; 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Hi Everyone, I hope you had a fantastic weekend!   Our weather was great here,  nice and sunny and not too windy.   Perfect weather for MULC...

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