I decided to clean up my yard. I mean clean it up! Let me explain. For the past two seasons I have been preoccupied with getting a college degree. That is coming to an end on July 25^th and I came out from under my cloud long enough to see that my yard is horrible. It is overgrown and the plants have no real landscaping plan to them. So, dear reader, I decided to chronicle my efforts for one year with you and see if you have input or just want to comment.

First today, I went out and took a look and yikes what a mess! I have a whole row of cedars dying from who knows what; they will need to be removed. The weeding and the debris got my attention so I addressed that straight away.

And like Stephen Covey says I need to, “Begin with the end of mind”. I have to think about what I want it to look like before I can landscape. And until I get there I will start clearing things out that are weedy, dying or over grown. Ugh. The worse part of gardening! Management! But come with me and let’s see if I can make something of two years of neglect. ­­­­­And so that you see what I am dealing with I will add pictures as I go.

Two important things to remember if you choose to log on and offer advice is, I live in the humid south. Plants are invasive everywhere. Secondly, It is warm and it rains. It rains a lot! These are the environmental conditions I am dealing with.

Lets go! But before I post I need to go out and take pictures. But we will have to wait until my next post because you see, it is raining. Again.