Dear Cousin Kathy ~ I'd say that you did enough for one day and a nice good night's sleep, and watering the pansies to morrow will do wonders for your heart and soul. I'm wishing you a full carpet of pansies starting now and lasting a good 5 months of pleasure for everyone, convincing the 'committee' that front yards need NOT be green slivers of grass.

Love and hugs ~ Cousin Flower

Kathy,
OHMYGOSH, 60 bags!? That's a lot of work for sure!!!
Take it easy in the morning! It may take a while before you "get all the kinks out" of your bod!

The pansies will be wonderful and will be something the committee can recognize!

Plant On!
Patti

I wish my DD was there to give you a massage !!! You need it. Take care of yourself and no lifting tomorrow. c

Ooo weee...your going to be sore tomorrow! I can't believe you toted 60 bags, I would have passed out for sure. The pansies are going to look exquisite.

As Patti put it so eloquently ... Plant On!

Massage hugs...Edna

I can tell, after viewing these, that the island needs to be rounded off.

There is a little bit of paper to still be covered under the boxwood.
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Kathy ~ I think what you are doing is going to look GREAT! Sure hope you are not feeling too awful today from all that work.

FlowerLady

Kathy...looking good, love the layout. All your hard work is going to pay off big time. I can hardly wait to see what it looks like a couple of months down the road.

Annette

Now that the tarps are gone, I doubt you'll have much problem with the HOA. The plan is now pretty obvious. Clearly you are planting what will become a beautiful garden. I recently read that landscaping can up the value of a property by 5-15%.

Personally, my experience has been that everywhere I put in a garden, several neighbors soon followed suit. Gardening is contagious, and sometimes it gets competitive, too!
Lorna

Beautiful!

I hope you've recovered from your 60 bags of mulch orgy. I prescribe a hot bath followed by your favorite cold beverage, a cozy chair, and a stack of garden magazines or books.

Love PattiOh's motto which I'm stealing...Plant ON!

Here is a link that might be useful: Creative Soul

Last night I filled the tub as full as possible and soaked for quite a while. I woke up at 3:30 a.m. not feeling too great. I got up and took a pain pill. It has been almost 2 years since I have had to take any. It was April 2006 when I had back all my hardware installed.

Thank you kindly. I like that "plant on" too.

Happy, what part of TX are you near?

I went to the habitat for humanity store today to see if I would luck out and find pavers. They did not, but my oh my they have everything in the world. Old doors, new doors, old windows etc.

It is a 57 mile round trip, so I doubt I will do that very often.