Not April yet, but so. Front yard: had driveway replaced, which was a little traumatic for some new ground cover along the edge, but overall a good thing. Several inches higher than the old one in places to even out the incline. We will be getting a new entryway with straight bluestones, so the concrete was cut with several angles into it to accommodate the stones….hope the next owners like it! 
Above is the driveway half way done….it’s done now and normal color (that was some topical etching stuff). Some of the old stepping stones still there for comparison, will update side by side when done.
Put in another Shepherdia, or soap plant, down by the road/ hazelnut trees. It produces bunches or red berries in fall, but only if there are both male and female plants. We have an 8″ plant sprouting back out this year, but don’t know what that one is, either; they have to bloom to compare the flowers before you can know. And we got another small Rhodie Occidentalis or deciduous rhodie, for the middle of the front yard plate that was recently cleared….that should be the dominant or specimen plant there. There is already a Pieris in that area that is doing fine, but it’s position is eccentric and it could get in the way of a few plants.
Update 1/2019: moved the soap plant into the rest of the back yard and bought another larger one. Hopefully between the two here are male and female, as required for berries!
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