Armed with two types of shovels, two rakes, a trowel, pruning shears, new leather work gloves (white? those things are going to get so dirty!), and pink gardening gloves, we took on the planters in the backyard. Eddie started with giving the palms a haircut and the roses a trim; I pulled weeds. (Next time we're trading!) Though we came out with various scratches, blisters, and sore muscles, we did manage to do some damage to the wilderness that is currently the planters. Even Emma was interested in our toils, as evidenced by her forays into the planters ... usually right in our faces.
