Fesslers and the front yard

This past weekend we made our annual trip to Fessler's Nursery down in Woodburn.  I love to buy the bulk of my plants from them for two reasons.  
1.   I would rather Mr. Fessler has my money then Home Depot 
2.  You seriously can't beat their prices.

I forgot to take a picture of all the flowers before I put them in the ground but the back of my ridge was full of plants. 

I'm going away from what I've done the past couple of years.  No grasses or potatoe vines....be there done that.   Instead of gone back to geranium and petunia's (which I have always swore to hate but thought I would give another chance.

Here are some after photos

Front flower bed.  Really wish we would put a tree in it but I've yet to talk G into this.

It is filled w/ black grasses from last year, 3 big dahlias, mini blue veined petunias, swan river daisy, famous purple petunias (we hope as they have not started blooming yet).  The thought is that the daisy and petunia w/ spreak and cover up most of the flower bed.   So I will be sure to post an update later.

Here's the front porch!  White geruniums, helitrope, and another small purple type flower

My huge tomatoe plants!  I got 3 of them.  Have to start out big.  Especially w/ the "spring" we've had.  There is an Early Girl, Roma, and one other that I can't remember the name of.

Another shot of the front porch from above

There were also some veggie starts & herbs that will someday - weather permitting - be planted in the back.

I did start to muck out the garden beds and have bought the compost.  Maybe some night after work this week I will get the compost in if its not raining.  They say it's going to be 70 later this week so we will see.