This is what I did on a gorgeous sunny afternoon:


Pruned this hydrangea! It was very overgrown..we inherited it with the house and I don’t think it had been touched in at least five years. Poor thing.

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            So we took it down to this:

 

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And made sure to leave all the new buds:

(I know…very out of focus!)

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And are hoping it will come back to its gorgeousness of last summer 

(this was taken before we even owned the house)

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And here WAS the front entryway before we removed the trees: 

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We’ve opened it all up and removed most of what was to the left here. Yes, new plants are yet to come, but I like it SO much better open…

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And then I played around in my new garden, including the pansies I had planted back at Thanksgiving:

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I wanted to put some pansies in here but didn’t have the right equipment… so I’ll wait for warmer days.

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