Coleus Farm: Before and After

Here's the side of the house before we did a little gardening...And after.

Thomas ripping out the grass with a pickaxe. It's a hard job, but Thomas is a beast and he cleared it quickly.

We've had a "coleus farm" next to the kitchen window since last summer. They are easily propogated; if you pinch off a branch and put it in water, you get a new plant. Thomas turned last year's 6 plants into 30 or so. All the excitement has turned us into coleus pinching thieves. We acquired a few new varieties from the zoo parking lot last week.