Mother's Day Weekend

Some people would think my mom is crazy to ever come visit for a "Mother/Daughter" weekend. We accomplish amazing feats in only a weekend of awesome teamwork but other people may think we're crazy. We've set-up apartments, assembled furniture, and landscaped yards. This time we planted and replanted things in containers, mulched the landscaping around the house, and planted some hostas and other perennials on the south side of Jason and my new house. It was a great time and except for one small patch that I still need to mulch, the yard looks beautiful.

Then on Sunday, Jason's mom Alyce came down and we enjoyed a Mother's Day Brunch with the moms.

Here's the tasty menu:

Huevos Rancheros Erin-style (sauteed green pepper, onion, and tomato first; layered tortilla with sauteed mixture, black beans, two eggs, and Merlie's Blue Ribbon Green Chili Sauce http://www.merlindaschile.com/products.html from New Mexico)

Oven-roasted potatoes (sprinkled with cumin and ancho chili powder)

Fresh canteloupe and kiwi fruit cup

Mimosas

Jason and I have been taking our friends around to see everything and since you can't all swing by our house here's your tour of the yard.

Remember the basil plants that I had in the smaller tray with rosemary? We replanted one basil plant in a container and then split the other plant into four. Anything to grow as much basil as possible is great!

 

The same planter with smaller basil plants this time.




 

 

My nasturiums are growing like crazy!







We picked up this container and added osterspermum and
Lobelia with two more basil plants. How fitting is it that
this form of Lobelia is called Lobelia erinus?  



The south side of our house is in almost permanent shade
from four large pine trees. Unfortunately the grass is a bit thin
but now there are perennials to spruce the place up a bit.



We added three hostas...



Viola with little yellow flowers





and coral bells.



Much better!



Mom hoed and mulched the front while
I cooked dinner (more on that in the next post).







We cleaned up our white lilac bush and
mulched around the back patio and deck.



We replanted the cherry tomato plant
and added a cage.




We moved the red pepper plant to the
former home of the tomato.





Here we added osterospermum, a calibrachoa hybrid called superbells coralberry punch that should creep over the container side eventually, and the last of the basil.





I hope you enjoyed the tour.  None of it would have been possible without my mom's help. Thanks Mom!