Front Yard Project!

Yesterday, Heather somehow convinced me to finally tackle the problem of having an ugly patch of weeds in our front yard.
First, a little background. The original owners of this house put a huge boulder in the front yard. The second owners of the house removed the boulder, but left an ugly patch where the boulder used to be. We've had weeds growing in this patch for the two summers that we've lived in this house, and I guess Heather didn't want to deal with that for a third summer, so she decided to do something about it. I was reluctant at first, but now that the project is finished, I'm glad that we worked on it. I took some pictures of our journey.
Pictures!