Just Call Me...Green Thumb Marlow

So if you know me, you probably already know this...but, I HATE yardwork. I mean I loving mowing the grass and did it as a chore when I was growing up....but as far as pulling weeds, seeding, raking, etc...I HATE it! I mean absolutely, positively HATE it! So, you are probably wondering why I spent 4 hours on Monday doing just exactly what I hate...yardwork! Well, the house that Matt and I are renting - we love it! For right now in our lives, it is perfect! Enough room for us (actually it is really more room than we need), enough room for visitors, enough room for Matt to work from home, enough backyard space for Molly to catch a frisbee/ball, close enough to downtown, etc...but there was just 1 problem....our front yard! It was nice when we first moved in, well for about a week, then it was annoying! The owner had planted loads of plants right by the front door entrance that attracted a LOT of bees! Then it got worse - with the summer heat, the plants started dying...so currently, it looked like our front yard was the death valley of plants! I think today I finally hit my point of always seeing the dead plants...so after the gym I went to Home Depot and purchased some new plants and some mulch, then I came home and started ripping out dead plants! Here's the finished product...Not sure how long I can keep the plants alive, but at least now there is only living plants in our front yard!