Hallelujah! The Flower Bed is Nearly Done!

I am very ready to return to the vegetable garden, so I put in a good effort to wrap up the front flower garden.  I planted the following seedlings:

• Ageratum, Dondo Blue - Annual
• Grecian Rose, Red Dragon - Perennial
• Pansy, Swiss Giant Mix - Annual
• Sweet William - Perennial
• Columbine, Tequila Sunrise
• Cosmos, Sensation Mix
• Nasturium, Empress of India

The only planting spaces available are a stretch in front of the fence (reserved for Mammoth and Autumn Beauty sunflower seedlings) and the base of the hill (reserved for pink zinnias seedlings).  I have many seedlings left over.  I will use them in containers, intermingle them in vegetable beds and retain some should I need replacements in the flower bed.

This year I have five garden decorations in the flower bed.

Bird Bath

Stork

Sun Dial

Torch

Oil Derrick

Additionally, the following chores were completed:

• Built and erected the green metal trellis for the kiwi plants at the base of the hill. 

Two kiwi plants, one female and one male, need to be tied to the trellis. 

• Attached the overflow rainbarrel to the primary rainbarrel on the west side of the house. 

Primary rainbarrel is on the left; overflow rainbarrel on right. 

• Planted grass seed in three locations in the front yard. 

Patch near the brick walk, unsuccessful getting grass to grow here for years. 

This area get torn up by the plow each winter. 

• Placed a rubber, multi-colored, interlocking mat on the deck to protect us from splinters, particularly "little feet."

Nice cushion under foot.