Field No More

Our front yard has looked largely like an abandoned field since we moved in. Periodically, we would spend a day hacking back the excessively tall weeds, only to have them return with a vengeance while we attended to other things. But now, for the first time, the front yard has been tamed. I present to you, something that actually resembles a front yard. 

In process:

 Now:

Some of the plants are ones we brought with us from our previous rental. Others were purchased from the UC Santa Cruz arboretum plant sale. Our goal is to use mostly native plants with flowers that are popular with hummingbirds and butterflies. Should be interesting to watch everything fill in... and hopefully attract wildlife for me to watch through our new windows.