spring time

it's spring time again! and while i don't day dream and fantasize about spring in the same way that i do autumn, it's a beautiful time of year.  each year i'm surprised again by how many joyful things come with spring. the flowers, the fresh smells, asparagus (oh, the asparagus), and now that we have a place with some space, gardening!

raise your hand if you love gardening. me too! a lot. i love getting dirt under my nails and the smell of earth, especially if it's nice and sunny out and you get to work up a good sweat. there is nothing more enjoyable or satisfying.

here is what aaron and i worked on this weekend. we turned this ugly space:

and we planted the following three different varieties of coprosma

lemon & lime

evening glow

inferno

it took us about two hours to transfer a lot of extra soil from the planting area and to dig the holes for all of the bushes. but this is what the end result looks like:

we didn't want to spend too much money on plants so we spaced them out and put rocks in between. we have an abundance of rocks. i don't think it looks too bad either. for whatever reason, the rocks give it an arizona feel (to me, aaron thinks i'm crazy).

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