Much mulch

Scott suggested mulching all the 'new' beds when we were done cleaning them out and moving things around. He said it would be the final clean touch to give everything a polished look. He was right. We got a dark brown mulch called "Easthampton Mix" from a place called Easthampton Masonry. They deliver it in a bid dump truck and leave it in a pile on your property, in my case on the driveway. They sell it by the 'yard', so we got 3 altogether. Once we placed it all around we decided we needed another two yards to finish things off, especially the wide expanse in front of the privet on the street (a Herculean that Scott did all by himself that took 4 days). Everything looks great as you can see by these photos.