I've been trying to figure out a mysterious happening in my front yard now for a couple days......and finally, this morning, I had one of those AH HA moments. Ended up being one of those situations where it was something I had actually done, didn't realize it and it's turning out to be a good thing.

My front yard at the new place was not even close to a yard........so I ended up having fill dumped in front all winter. Finally got the dozer out and got it all graded, tilled and such. Before my dozer friend left, I had asked him to help with a HUGE favor....a horribly icky job. The previous owners had 2 black plastic earth machine things in the front yard....and I wanted them gone. With the dozer, my friend tipped them over, scooped up the crud and put at the edge of the new graded area. He tilled the stuff under and then graded it again, so the mess was all cleaned up.... What a friend, this was a nasty job.

Anyway.........I've got the best crop of cucumber vines now starting up in that area. Can you say salad & veggies for free all season?? A pleasant surprise for sure. It looks like that is all that's going to come up, but how nice??

I would never have got the grass seed in this season anyway, so a front yard of cucumber vines sounds just perfect!!