It seems as though we are constantly doing more and more landscape work around the bed and breakfast property, but it really is something we feel we need to do in order to keep the grounds in top notch shape and beautiful for another Michigan summer season.  Today one of our trees received a pretty drastic pruning, but necessary nonetheless as the grassy area of the lawn beneath it was dying out completely.  So we also had a load of top soil spread around the area so that we can re-seed it and keep the lawn appearance very uniformly green.

Today being the final day of the Holland tulip festival, many of our bed and breakfast guests are among the many that are in attendance for the annual Spring event.  Today’s weather has not exactly been ideal for the many events in this final day, but then we really can’t complain overall as it has been pretty nice for the most part throughout the week’s events.  It actually seems more appropriate today for the weather to be a bit cooler and rainy–that’s what spring is supposed to feel like….right?

This morning one of the treats that was obviously a hit based on what “wasn’t” left of it this morning was our blueberry bread pudding made from nearby farmer’s blueberry crops.  We cheat and flash freeze a lot of the tasty blueberry crop each year and bring them out throughout the year for our bed and breakfast guests.  The blueberry bread pudding is really a fairly easy dish but always a popular one throughout the years we have been running the Inn.

Every year, we look forward to having a fresh load of wood chips being delivered and spread at the bed and breakfast as it always gives the grounds of the bed and breakfast such a nice fresh new look for the summer season ahead.  It takes approximately 25 yards of mulch each year to accomplish this task and it takes a crew of men to do this in one day.  We do use real Michigan wood chips as our mulch and it is always so nice to see it all once it has been accomplished.

Today was yet another day in our ongoing process this time of year in purchasing and hauling more flowers (both perrenials and annuals) to the bed and breakfast as we plant the pots and grounds to bring them back to life once again.  This week will be a busy week for sure as we continue to plant the flowers and bring the pots back out of the garage store.  But we certainly don’t mind it in the least as it is always great to see everything come back to life and the colorful gardens return once again.