Family Workday

Fall has finally come to our bit of the world, so we decided that it would be a good Saturday to gather the family and work together. The flower beds in front of the house really needed some attention, and I needed to get the fall bulbs planted so we'd have some spring flowers. Oldest DD wasn't too thrilled with the idea. (Can everyone hear their own teenagers groaning about "family time"?) We forced her to work with us and bring the dog outside at the same time. NutMeg is thrilled with the cooler temperatures and loves being outside. She needs a bit more training to be a perfect gardener though. NutMeg decided that the tree she was tied to needed a bit of pruning. Here she is biting off a branch. She has also trimmed my azaleas in the backyard. Later we allowed NutMeg to help dig the holes needed to plant the Mums. That was right up her alley.




My youngest DD decided that her job was to take pictures of the family work-a-thon. She certainly gets some interesting angles.


This is me, digging up weeds.




DH is working hard.





And, of course, the mandatory self-portrait.



Everyone worked hard at pulling up weeds and dead summer flowers, then planting some new chrysanthemums and tulip bulbs. The Morning Glories were still looking really good, so we left them for some other weekend. They'll die after a frost, then we'll have to cut them off the railings and get rid of the vines.


























All-in-all a good day's work, and the front of the house is looking a bit nicer :o)