I've been bad ... I picked up a few hardy hibiscus at HD that had just come in. I also picked up some scrap lumber and had DH help me put together a propagation frame/bed *YIPPEE* (now, only need 7 more for my veggies in the spring ...)

I spent all yesterday and this morning finishing the side of my house (approx. 24'). I expanded the gravel path by 1-1/2', edged it with left-over stone from our new retaining wall (which would have been quicker if they were all the same size, but NO, had to level and dig and sand and shim each one), then moved the whole old edge of lirope to the new edge in front of the stones ... covered the dug out area with newspaper and moved/covered with gravel. Then this AM I wend back out and planted 3 gardenia and a camellia, stripped the grass out of that area, watered, lined with newspaper and mulched (I still need a few more bags of mulch to really make it right, but I'm satisfied for now :) Oh and my new propagation bed is at the corner that I filled with sand left over from a project, the little ones thought it made a great sandbox, unfortunately, they'll be loosing their "sandbox" as soon as I get a cube of peat moss to add to it! I already have a whole list of stuff I need to take cuttings from .. I can't wait! I still need to order 2 tea camellias to fill in outside of the gardenias ... and that side of the house will be 100% complete - finally!

Oh, an on an 'oops' note ... we moved into my parents' old house and it had gone a few years without maintaining the garden areas .. dad always went crazy just buying and planting and plopping... and so I've been fighting the weeds ... well, I kept looking at this one weed that just wouldn't give up ... and then it clicked ... um... that's not a weed... it's a hibiscus! Doh. Yes, the same type of hardy hibiscus I JUST BOUGHT ... that I had been dilegantly been trying to pull from the yard. Ah well...

-Bonnie