The shame....

We came home to a little note tucked in our screen door handle today. Can you guess what it said?

If your YARD gets out of control
contact Darryl at XXX.XXX.XXXX.

Guaranteed Quality Work

Landscaping Needs
Tree Trimming
Lawn Mowing
Leaf Blowing

Yeah. We get these about once a week. I'm sure they see our yard and just see dollar signs. Like that guy with the singing, dancing frog in old Warner Brothers cartoons.

Sigh.

On the plus side, this weekend we made our first big step in our yard renovation:


We planted Spanish Lavender! Madrid Purple to be exact. Ok, maybe it's not that big of a step. But at least there is something pretty in front of our house now.

I had originally planned on starting to brick a pathway in front of the flower bed leading from the driveway to the walkway. My dad, who's done some really amazing brick work at his own house, was going to take me to his brick supply place but it was closed. On a Saturday. Do they think all their customers are retired?

So instead, my mom suggested we stop by the nearby garden center to check out their greenery. BONUS - they offered a lifetime guarantee on all their plants. So, if my little black thumb winds up murdering them, I can just take 'em back (with the receipt of course) and get new ones to kill.. I mean nurture and love and grow.

You may notice that one is way bigger than the others, we only bought 3 at the garden center, then got home and realized that we really should have four. So my mom decided she'd just head out and grab another one from the drugstore nearby. There's no guarantee but I figure the odds are probably in its favor since it's bigger. Survival of the fittest and all that.

That little patch of life in front of our house makes me feel a little bit better about our yard now. So take that Gardener Darryl! We don't need your help probably. We'll get by just fine maybe.