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This past weekend, my Mom was here to visit for a few days on her way from south Texas back to her house in northern Minnesota. We ate out, went shopping, played with Maggie, and got a TON of gardening work done!

My Mom is soooo good at growing things and all-things-gardening, so I took advantage of her expertise and we went to the nursery to pick out flowers for my big pot that I bought in Mexico when I was visiting her in February (Maggie pretended to help, but she really just got in the way!).

We also laid down grass seed in the front yard and planted some aloe plants that my Mom gave me from south Texas. I hope they grow!

My Mom says that you can actually break the little arms off and there's liquid aloe inside to put on sunburn! She said to wait until they grow a little bit bigger, though....

Here's my pot full of bright flowers - I hope they stay alive, since the opening of the pot is at a weird angle....I put verbenas, marigolds and a wave petunia in there.

I'm pretty excited to see my 'baby' shrubs are growing new branches and leaves! This is their first spring (since I had them planted during the hot summer last year). YAY!

I also recently invested in some soaker hoses that I snaked through my shrubs so that I could water them and not waste a bunch of water by spraying the driveway/sidewalk as well! I love that they blend in with the mulch!