Earth Day

Coincidentally, we planted our first greens in our yard.  Yay!

But first ~ Saturday,  uncle came over and rototillered the front lawn.  Big Thanks!!

Doug and I weren't home.  I had a ladies day with Doug's mom, sister, auntie and mom's friend.

We went to a Japanese fashion show where they raffle off prizes.  Check it out!  We won stuff.  =)  Mom got a whole slew of Angels memorabilia ~ included were four premier tickets!  Auntie won USC gear ~ on top of that a giant t-shirt origami made out of one dollar bills totaling possibly $100!  =)    I won 8 bags of Senbei.  Not as exciting.  haha

The guys went to uncle's house to spray texture on the ceiling.  We've been going weekly to help clear everything out and renovate.  So far, all rooms have been cleaned out.  We kept some stuff.  I'll show you later a couple finds we got from them.  Ceilings scraped and textured.  Next up, painting!  Great job guys!

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Earth day!  We planted a couple bushes.  These are the first greens we put into the ground of our house.  Yay!  I took pictures of the whole process.  =)

So it begins...We finished digging out these roots.  

Wheelbarrow is on standby for excess dirt.

Doug rototillering the dirt.  

Just a closer shot.

Stamping the dirt flat.

Leveling it off.

We planted Hawthorns.  Our neighbor asked if we could put in the same bush as theirs so it'll match.  Sure, why not?  I'm still undecided on all the other plants, so this is a good start.  I think they were originally marked for $5.98 each, but we got them on sale for $3.33 each at Home Depot.  Gotta love getting a good deal!  On top of that, we bought Miracle Grow, and they gave us a $2 rebate.  The bag cost us $2 after rebate!  Yay, Earth Day!!

So we positioned the plants.

Dug holes twice as wide and twice as deep as the pot.  Filled with Miracle Grow, native soil, and plant soil.  Mixed it all up.  My hole is the messier looking one.  haha I'm not very careful with things.  =P

Insert plants.

Water well.  

Done!  That took us less than an hour to do.  Felt great!  Now, we just have the rest of the yard to do....till then!