What's happening here!

Last week was an amazing week.  

In our ongoing effort to "simplify" our yard, we 

planted conifers where a flower bed used to be.  

Here are some pictures of our old flower 

bed from different angles in different seasons:

I really loved that flower bed, but it represented 

a lot of time and back breaking work to keep up!  

Here is the new simplified version of 

the same flower bed with slow growing 

and easy care conifers.  These pictures 

were take from similar angles as the ones

above.  I think it is just a pleasing 

to the eye to look at and it is a lot 

more simple to care for.

We added a convenient little drip 

to each plant and voila! 

the work load is cut into a 

fraction of the former flower bed.  

We have been working at simplifying 

for about two years.  Taking out those 

flowers was very drastic, but now 

that it is done, I have the courage 

to attack other flower beds!