Native Front Yard

The project of converting my front yard from turf grass with Asian shrubs to all native plants.

An oblong metal party ice bucket with soil and plants inside; tall blazing star liatris with purple budding heads, and short oxeye plants without blooms.

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There is not much progress on the project this weekend, due to bereavement. My dog Sophie died suddenly, and I'm coping with that right now. She created a disproportionate amount of the joy in my life, and this is a severe loss.

Close to sunset today I do plan to plant the squash and beans in the Three Sisters Garden, as the corn is ready for them.

I also plan to resume construction on the planter boxes and mulch up the cut tree branches that are loose in the yard, as soon as I can function properly again. And then continue to install the gravel from the pile.

Neighbors and the City are asked to please have a little patience at this difficult time.

The bergamot is finally blooming.

Close up on purple spidery bloom; wild bergamot.

Tall plant with lots of stems and purple spidery blooms; wild bergamot.

Ranch style house with a big blue tarp on the ground in front of it; under the tarp is a big lump and on top, an upside down wheelbarrow.

I forgot to get a picture of the pile of gravel when it came. Imagine a big orange pile of clayish sand with lots of chunks. It's called crushed wash gravel and I may come to regret it.

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It took all day and past sunset but the area is prepped for tomorrow's delivery.

Night scene; in front of a house is pinned down a rectangle of landscaping fabric, next to which and overlapping it is a rectangle of tarp, also pinned down.

On today's edition of Keep Or Get Rid: Tiny Yellow Flowers! Answers below ...

Tiny yellow flowers with fringed petals; oriental false hawksbill.

Tiny yellow flowers reaching upwards amongst leaves that look like clover; woodsorrel.

Tiny yellow flower with definite circular center and five petals; mock strawberry.

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Cheerful yellow flowers with yellow centers, lanceleaf coreopsis

The lanceleaf coreopsis wasn't blooming when I left, but it sure is now.

Big red flowers with yellow around the edges, blanket flower

The blanket flower went from one to tons.

Tall lush stems with leaves in fours, wild bergamot

The bergamot isn't blooming but it's huge!

The grass only came back in a few small places. The mock strawberry is everywhere, to my dismay. Only a little Carolina cranesbill is left and it's looking crispy. Lots of crow poison, but those cute wee flowers are also wilted and crispy.

Lush green plant with broad scalloped leaves.

I had planned to plant pumpkins anyway but I guess one of the little Halloween pumpkins that went neglected last year got a head start.