Weekend Garden Progress · Apr 3
Photographs I promised, and photographs you shall have!
Before I dive in, though, a little indulgence
There. Now don’t we all feel better? I thought so.
I spent a quite lot of time this past weekend working very hard in the back yard, and made quite a bit of progress. I spent most of my time digging out gravel and rocks that had been put down in the back yard (yes, I have been quite achey, thanks). The way I see it, gravel is good for saving water and an important aspect of a xeriscape landscape. But not a great idea if you want to grow plants. And kind of ugly if a huge block of the yard is nothing but blue-gray gravel (rather than being used in harmony with plant beds, which can be quite beautiful).
I dug out about a 10×10 foot area and planted two lilac bushes in the newly uncovered dirt.
These cinderblocks edge the area that used to be covered with gravel. I was resigning myself to dig them out, too, but Brian had the brilliant idea to dig the rocks out of the holes and use them as planters – yay!
I found some unexpected treasures in the dirt
This is the already cultivated part of the yard. It’s full of weeds right now, but I have seedlings growing indoors, and the weeds shouldn’t be too hard to dig out.
Getting to see and hear about your garden is so wonderful! The only thing better would be to come see you myself—-which I’m working on! Thank you for sharing with us! I wonder what the stories are behind those treasures?!
— Momma Apr 9, 11:18 PM #It was great to talk the other day. Then today, I was on Facebook and saw Brian’s new site. While doing a bit of poking around, I found his entry about hitching a ride with us to Arkansas to pick up a car. Then all of a sudden, I saw you have your own blog site! Wow!
— 'the other half of David' Jul 14, 06:54 AM #By looking at my e-mail you can tell I have a location I can develop too. Right now it just serves for my e-mail. Anyway, it is fun seeing where you poke around at your new place. I think using the holes in the block as planters is a wonderful idea. What do you think you will plant there?