DH for the hard work you did today.
After I cut DD hair this morning, DH and I again started the conversation we have been having the past month. What kind of trees do we want to plant? We had already looked one time, but unsure, we did not make a purchase.
We go across the river to one store and they have nothing except trees we are unwilling to spend that much to purchase. Well, they did have an abundance of Bradford Pear, but I do not care for those. I wanted something a little different and something that would have pretty fall colors. We go to another store and find a Red Sunset Maple, Autumn Blaze Maple, a Japanese Red Maple (have had my eye on these before we ever started discussing trees) and a Hibiscus tree. I had said that I wanted Maples because of their fall colors, but we needed those that did not grow 70 feet high. These grow 45 and 50 feet the Japanese grows to 20 feet and the Hibiscus will be about 10 feet.
He planted the tall Maples in the backyard for shade, the Hibiscus in the back close to an Althea that we have had a couple of years, the Japanese Maple in the front yard because of its colorful foliage. It will look very nice next year when the dogwoods are in bloom. The dirt for 2 of the holes was so hard that he had to use the axe like a pick to soften it so he could dig.
I did help him a little— got the water hose, the skirting that we always put around the flower beds or other things we plant, and even carried him mulch a couple of times.
When I can find it, I want to get another Red Sunset Maple to be planted on the same side of the yard as the one that was planted today.
I also cleaned a bunch of trash out of my car, while he was working so hard. After we finished in the yard, I did a load of clothes and prepared supper.
I really need to shower now. I was in the sun more today than I have been all spring combined. I did put sunscreen on my face, arms and legs, but forgot my neck and I can already tell–too much sun there.
