Hosta

This one is in our backyard under the Viburnum

Hosta:  The name Hosta is in honor of the Austrian botanist Nicholas Thomas Host.^[2] The Japanese name Giboshi is also used in English to a small extent. The rejected generic name Funkia, also used as a common name, can be found in some older literature.  (from wikipedia)

They grow so well in Ohio and especially in our backyard where there's lots of shade.  With the gracious help of friends, we got new hostas for our front "parking" area.   We also have some in the backyard and along both sides of the house, West and North.  (On the North is the Shade Garden which will have it's own post).
 

The PARKING AREA PROJECT

The "Before" picture: just dirt










 

Wonderful Friends Donating and Planting Hostas!

Some hostas in

Not the best picture, but you see the hostas ringing the trees and also the ivy is planted now too.

Gardens

This year is the year of the "house".  We have a few projects planned.  Today I'll blog about gardening.  We got creative with our yard and planted a "green fence".  Some people call it a "living fence".  For us, it is a beautiful row of evergreen trees between us and our neighbors.  There is also a chain link fence, but we don't see that so much anymore. 

We also rearranged some bushes, lining the patio framing it nicely.  Today I transplanted some lilies from a total weed patch on the alley to our new lily patch out by the street.  I hope they survive and that cars don't run over them.

All seem to be doing well.

BEFORE

AFTER

Renewal

Spring is here! Spring is here!  Spring is here!

All the spring flowers are poking their heads up looking for the sun.  The temps are rising; it's been raining.  I'm reading blogs about spring.

It's the time of renewal, renewed enthusiasm for life and love...........