Lucy: Mom played supermom and removed old stumps and roots from dead bushes by pushing them out of the ground with her feet. How? Glad you asked. She put her back against the house and pushed with her supermom legs. (When she gets determined, stay out of her way!) She bought bags and bags of new pine mulch and dumped it all over the ground in front of the house. Then, after researching the 3 season azalea bushes on-line, she picked out an Encore Azalea at a plant nursery. She dug and scraped and dug some more and finally got it planted in front of the house, right where she wanted it. I told her to quick, get some pictures, ’cause we all know what happens to most of the stuff she plants, BOL! Don’t you think the color goes pretty with my furs?
Xena: Mommy also got a mum. (He, he, I think that is really funny…Mom got a mum.) First, she set it on top of her new mulch, but we live on a hill, so no one could see her pretty flowers from down at the road. So she found an old plastic white table to set them on. She spray-painted a plastic chair Tennessee Vols orange to add even more color to the front of the house and to make the crazy college football people in the neighborhood like her. It was nice to sit in the orange chair and…
smell the
roses mums.
Be sure to drop by LLB in Our Back Yard to join in the blog hop or just look at more pretty flowers!
Love and wiggles from Lucy and Xena Warrior Princess.
Everything looks so stunning. My mom picks out mulch that matches us because we like to have it underfoot.
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He, he, that’s funny. Mommy always used black mulch, but when she “read up” on azaleas, it said to use pine around them, so she switched. And she hadn’t put down new mulch since long before Lucy, so the old stuff was mostly gone anyhow. xox Xena
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That azela is spectacular! Great job in the garden. You think your mommy can help me remove a half buried stump in our yard?
Your fur-iends,
Sam & Elsa 🐾
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Mom says the real test on the azalea is to see if it is still alive next spring! And if it is a tree stump, just poor buttermilk into the middle of it to help it to finish rotting. But a shrub stump, sure! xox Lucy
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We’ll keep out paws crossed. Azeleas only thrive as a house plant here and even then not so great. I have never figured out the secret to keeping them alive.
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Two houses ago there were a lot of azaleas there when I moved in and were still thrving when I moved out 4 years later. (I don’t know why.) This one is already not looking the best, but hoping it is just starting to go to sleep for the winter. I never heard of them being houseplants! They get way too big here (think small bush).
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Very nice flowers to decorate your yard!
hugs
Hazel & Mabel
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Thanks!
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We remember the times Jan used her superhuman (ha!) strength to dig out old roots with a sledge hammer. Those are pretty flowers.
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I’m sure Mom would have used a sledge hammer too if she could have found one! She says where there’s a will there’s a way, but I think someone else said that first. I know us pups believe that. 🙂 Lucy
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Encore azaleas are such a good choice. Purple mums are my favorite – they make a bright accent next to grey dogs! The orange chair looks inviting and cozy ( of course a lovely dog helps with that, also) Paws up for fall decor!
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Yay! Mom says she isn’t a “natural” at this and feels so pleased when she gets it right. Lucy
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I love those super colorful decorations! And your cute selves make the flowers look even more beautiful!
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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Aw, thanks, Cupcake. Mom is a big fan of color. ~Lucy
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Such beautiful flowers…and new mulch! You really DO have a super Mom!
We love your orange chair cause it is also the team color of the Texas Longhorns!
xoxo,
Rosy, Jakey & Arty
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Mommy says “Yea!” ’cause now she has both Tennessee AND Texas football fans liking her. ~Xena
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Absolutely lovely and I really like the orange chair pose
Hugs Cecilia
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The chair looks much prettier with me in it, don’t you think so, Miss Cecilia? ~Xena
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Now I feel guilty for not putting in any flowers. I’ll go out today and get a couple of flats of pansies. Their edible so I don’t have to worry about the puppies grabbing and running off with them.
Flowers and doggy pictures always make me smile. Thank you Xena and Lucy
Granny T
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We are glad we could make you smile, Granny. Now that I know I can eat pansies… 🙂 xox Xena
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Silly, everyone has a mum.
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Do mummies have mums, Miss Kismet? *rolling on the floor laughing* Xena
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Your Mom did a great job!! Efurything looks so festive for Fall 🙂
xoxo,
Matt & Matilda
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Thanks, Matt and Matilda!
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Hari Om
OMD you three guurls are magnififurs in the garden!!! What beauty, what style -…. what sunshine!!! hugs and wags YAM-aunty xxx
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Mom said we make good props for the flowers. Or maybe that the flowers make good props for us. I don’t remember which, now. xox Lucy
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