Replanting Mania!

So this past weekend I wasn't planning on doing to much heavy lifting - my how plans change! I ended up digging up some random evergreen shrub that replanted itself in a very odd area and replanting it in a much more suitable location. My sister, who has a huge flowering garden, had some overgrown ground cover (exact type still TBD) that I dug up and brought back to my house to replant. There were a lot of succulent ground cover, one that had these really pretty dark pink, small flowers on it - I have done a bit of googling on it but no luck so far. I got a bunch of sedum, hens and chicks, some russian sage and some black eyed susans. There was even a plant that was hydrid of the susans and the sage - talk about survival of the fittest!
Tonite I dug up this overgrown bush that had worked itself through the fence after years of negect - what a horrible task that was! I am trying to tidy up the front yard an plant a three season flowering garden out there - lets keep our fingers crossed. The majority of the plants I ordered from Spring Hill Nursery will be coming at the end of September - I just hope that the chill holds off to then!
I am so excited about my latest purchase - a Gardenia that is made for zone 6 (that's me!) I was planning on getting rid of that non-burning bush anyway and now I have a great smelling, lots o' blooming shrub to replace it. That is being shipped the week of September 3rd so I really got to get a move on trying to get rid of that other bush and all its roots! I also want to prepare the soil with some compost and till it so that the gardenia is planted in the best scenario possible to survive the winter here.
And, of course, the darn squirrels (I always blame them) have found the tomatoes - in the past three days they have taken 6 of them - 4 bright red and huge! A couple of bites and then left behind - how insulting! But I have plenty more coming so I am more irritated than angry. The watermelons (6 total) are at least baseball size and I have about 10 or so more that are still thumb nail size. Not too shabby for a first time grower!
This weekend is the burnign bush, planting my newly purchased blue hostas (halcyon and ultra marine) and preparing the sol for any new plantings. It doesn't sound like much, but trust me that bush is going to take half the day -it is about 10 years old! More to follow....