Evergreen Replacement

I spent about five hours on Saturday working on a little side yard project.  If you remember a while back (like a year ago), I was contemplating taking out a mess of evergreen bushes.  Last fall I got ambitious and cut them off near the ground without telling you guys, and then on Saturday I dug out the stumps and replanted with some flowers.  I replanted with one iris plant and daffodils I got for free from D-White.

You'll notice a dead space in the row of flowers - that's where I decided I needed to try my hand at a garden again (and I ran out of flower).  I planted leftover seeds from about two years ago, so we'll see what happens there.  I planted cucumbers, tomatoes, and lettuce.  It's one of the places that gets the most sunlight in my yard, so I'm hoping for better results than last time.

You will also notice that I'm working on reclaiming some land from the ivy.  Part of that I replanted to grass.  I might still have a little bit of farmer blood left in me.  Also, correction on my previous post.  The tree is a white spruce, not a blue spruce.  This could make a difference because based on the pictures online, I think I might like the look of a white spruce better than a blue spruce (although they both need full sun, which I'm not sure I can provide).  Now I'll see if Billy's adoptive parents still want him since his predicted skin color has changed.

Below are some pictures of the yard progress.

Billy in infancy and a mess of evergreen bushes a year ago.

The ivy partially cut back and stumps dug out.

Flowers, garden, and grass planted.