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Weeds be gone and flowers are here!

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Ok, the weeds and left over pepper plants from last year are gone! It went pretty fast too. maybe it has to do with the fact that it is a small space but it took about half the day to clear out. Also a lot of the weeds had pretty shallow roots. Next the flowers!! I did buy a small packet of sweet pea flowers seeds and a butterfly seed mix bag at target but other than that I got my flowers at Home Depot and Houston Garden center. I did pick a few plants that need a lot of sun but most of them are half sun. I also got a few that are shade plants for the corner that doesn't get that much sun.  As you can see Pepper is keeping a close eye on what I am doing. To her left you can see I put up some small latticing up. I got some pink jasmine to grow on it in hopes of concealing the pool equipment from our sight. Maybe even block some sound but I really doubt that. After all the plants i got the color are mostly pinks, purples, whites, and yellows. Along with all the green...
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Change of Plans So, this y ear I decided not to try and grow veggies this year. Insead and going to have pretty flowers! The plan: pu ll up wee ds clear area Plant flowers make a water fountain put down a stone pat io get wood chimes and other decor get tables and chairs         This is my start point. Now with the "help" of pepper here I go!