First bouquet of my first season ❤️ Despite all the work that I did germinating indoors, hardening, weeding etc., I'm totally in awe that I just got to pick a bouquet of flowers from my own backyard and bring them inside to brighten my home. When I bought my home last year, there were only two small beds in the front yard, and what felt like an endless expanse of rough looking grass in the back to mow and maintain. When I started creating veggie and flower beds and digging holes for my bare-root "bodybag" Menards roses in March and April, I assumed that I was too late and that it would take a few years for anything to take off -- and although the roses are pretty small, they have all given me such beautiful blooms 🥹❤️ and my snapdragons and zinnias actually germinated and are blooming too. The perennial herbs I started all survived -- even the lavender! -- and I'm collecting chamomile flowers to make my own tea. 🥹 I've moved 26 times in my 27 years of life and it is incredible to have a space that is finally my own, that is so full of life and beauty ❤️ My next goal: planting more natives, especially in my treelawns (corner lot, so I have a lot of them lolol) so they are no longer boring grass I have to mow!!! 💪 Originally by u/emanicipatedorigami on Reddit: https://tinyurl.com/ytatjv5l