the end is in sight
last week involved more of the landscaping project as you might have expected.
we planted the remaining boxwoods and started edging the beds with some brick edgers from Menards (when you say "Menards", you have to say it like that crazy old white-haired guy from their TV commercials ... go ahead, say it ... we're all waiting). actually, they are concrete not brick, but look like brick. we've bought 2 loads thus far (90 edgers total) ... my car must feel like a truck these days hauling loads like that (and all that soil from the other weekend). i think i owe it a wash and wax to make up for what i've put it through. i finished edging front beds this evening, for now at least. i might do a little bit of leveling here and there yet. overall the edging has gone well. making a curve while going up the slope was a bit trying at times, but getting to flat land makes up for it. i'm trying hard to not get too anal with their placement because i know after a winter or two they'll be all shifted and half sunk anyway. but i am still me, so things have to be pretty near perfect for me to be satisfied.we had a really fun weekend ... not working on the house (except tonight as mentioned) ... as Luke and Gretchen came to visit (giving them a break from working on their place also). it's been a long time since we've hung out. way too long. we goofed around downtown (State Museum, etc.), ate a bunch of good food, saw some movies. can't beat that! would have been nice if the weather had cooperated a bit better ... can't win em all.
hopefully on next week's schedule will be dogwood installation. we were told an o
rder of them should be coming in soon ... hopefully really soon. i'll edge the small bed on the northwest side and get started on the big grass bed tomorrow. i'll have to pick up one more load of edgers after i see exactly how many more we'll need, so that will probably be done Tuesday. we will also likely get a load of mulch delivered sometime this week. once those dogwoods are in it should wrap up quickly, just a little bit of grading, mulching and we're pretty much done. we'll add in some perennials, but that will just be the icing on this cake. we can't wait to see how it will look! it's amazing how much better it looks already. it seems like all of the plantings thus far have gotten thru their initial transplating shock and are back to growing ... grow my pretties ... grow.i threw in a good Hazel picture. cats sleep a lot. i'm jealous.
posted by Chris and Chrissy Miller @ 10:41 PM
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Hey what happened to the Monday morning video post? I thought that would turn into a weekly event. Was a very cool video, and has inspired me to do some experimenting.
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