Curb Appeal . . .

At Judie's suggestion we added new metal edging to the south front flower bed.  She said all the mulch washed out into the yard and we needed to raise the height of the edging.  So we simply installed new edging along the old metal edging and that raised it about three inches or so.  Just what she wanted.

And it did make the yard look a little better.  She has since mulched that side of the yard.  She also planted some special Zinnia's that are said to be deer resistant.  I am not to worried about the deer, they have plenty to eat right now and have stayed away from us.  But along with the deer is a Barbados Goat. 

The goat was introduced in south Texas as a game animal.  It is about the size of deer, same coloring etc.  The difference being that the goat has floppy ears and deer have ears to stand up.  Goat's ears never stand up.  The other difference is a damn goat will eat anything, and does so.  I fear Judie's special Zinnia's are just gonna be salad for the goat.

Peaches are developing well this year.  And that means we will get a lot of deer visiting looking for the peaches.  I will have to spray the peaches again to prevent insect infestation and worms.  But that is no deterrent for deer or goats.  I have even seen Foxes carrying off peaches to take to their dens.  So it is popular food.

The oaks have greened up.  The two Shumarc oaks (a red oak variety) in the front yard are now rather large trees.  Roots are beginning to show around the trunks, a typical oak characteristic.  Soon they will be on top of the ground.  But they do provide great late afternoon shade for the house.  We also have a volunteer Barkley in the side yard and it is developing quite well.  We did have one spring where the bucks rubbed up against them but now it is big enough that they will not fool with it.

And we will add metal edging to the north side of the front flower bed.  There is no edging now, so it will be new.  It will follow the sidewalk around towards the back.

That is the next yard task and transplanting Irises.