My plans for today were to go for a run and then try to get caught up on some work. I have been quite busy the last two months and am grateful for the continued work but I have not had time to keep up on my processing and other business duties that need to be done.
After my run, we spread some mulch around the bushes in the front of the house. They have not seen new mulch in over five years, so we decided it was time. We needed a few more bags of mulch so we ran back over to Lowes. Among the many ideas I have to improve the house, I told Isaac that I would like to fix the little flower bed in the front yard around the holly tree. The tree that drives me a little crazy because it drops its leaves in the spring. Why yard, do you insist on needing to be raked year around? But now is not the time to discuss its off season leave dropping. Anyway, when I moved in this house five years ago there were a few flowers planted in this spot and it looked nice, gave the property a little curb appeal. Many times I try to envision things that I can improve around the house and yard. I had a little thought about this particular area but hadn't come to any definite conclusions. While we were at Lowes we decided to take a look at some stone to see what we might like and how much it would cost if we ever did anything with this little flower bed. Sometimes it is good to gather information. I guess that was our first mistake.
A few hours later and another trip to Lowes, we now have a new flower bed under the holly tree. How could we pass up a good price on brick and a discount and a whole day where both of us are actually home? So here is our little project from today.
There have not been flowers growing in this spot of a few years. And due to erosion the blocks have been sliding farther away from the tree. I have not been able to get grass to grow down toward the ditch but there have been plenty of weeds. So at least the yard looks green.
Isaac found a huge spider. He didn't bother us and we didn't bother him. But he was quite large.
A few fern trees have been trying to grow and they are impossible to get rid of. So Isaac tried to dig them out by the roots. We shall see how well he did if they come back or not.
Since the yard slopes a little we wanted to do the best we could to prevent the erosion and bricks sliding down the yard again so we tried making them level. And of course we had to have some issues with the tree roots. We were able to get it leveled pretty close all around, so hopefully our wall will hold together for a few years.
We decided to put some turf builder and seed around the outside of the flower bed in hopes of growing actual grass instead of more weeds. We shall see. It is really not the time to plant grass, so it could be all for naught and we shall just have to reseed in the fall.
Grandpa Fugal would be proud of our use of the shovel today. Although I'm sure he could have showed us a thing or two on how to use it better. What a day to think about him and remember how much we love and miss him.
Look at that awesome watering job! Great work Isaac.
Before and After
We still have to plant flowers. It was too much for us to do that as well today. Since this was not in the plan, we need to see what will grow in this shady area and how to design it all together. So stay tuned to next week, hopefully we will have a little time to complete our spontaneous project. And maybe I will get caught up on work and Isaac can get his hair cut like he had intended to do today. All in all, it was worth it to feel like we put in a good days work, even if we will be sore tomorrow.
After my run, we spread some mulch around the bushes in the front of the house. They have not seen new mulch in over five years, so we decided it was time. We needed a few more bags of mulch so we ran back over to Lowes. Among the many ideas I have to improve the house, I told Isaac that I would like to fix the little flower bed in the front yard around the holly tree. The tree that drives me a little crazy because it drops its leaves in the spring. Why yard, do you insist on needing to be raked year around? But now is not the time to discuss its off season leave dropping. Anyway, when I moved in this house five years ago there were a few flowers planted in this spot and it looked nice, gave the property a little curb appeal. Many times I try to envision things that I can improve around the house and yard. I had a little thought about this particular area but hadn't come to any definite conclusions. While we were at Lowes we decided to take a look at some stone to see what we might like and how much it would cost if we ever did anything with this little flower bed. Sometimes it is good to gather information. I guess that was our first mistake.
A few hours later and another trip to Lowes, we now have a new flower bed under the holly tree. How could we pass up a good price on brick and a discount and a whole day where both of us are actually home? So here is our little project from today.
We did a rough layout to see how it would look. And we found out we were going to be a few bricks short. We tried to remember the formula for circumference but we missed by a 2, c=π2r, and for some reason this time we didn't look it up on google and thought it was just c=πr. Who ever says you do not use math after you get out of school is incorrect. We used a lot of math trying to figure out how much mulch, brick, and soil we were going to need for our yard adventure. It's a good thing no one's life was depending on our calculations.
We still have to plant flowers. It was too much for us to do that as well today. Since this was not in the plan, we need to see what will grow in this shady area and how to design it all together. So stay tuned to next week, hopefully we will have a little time to complete our spontaneous project. And maybe I will get caught up on work and Isaac can get his hair cut like he had intended to do today. All in all, it was worth it to feel like we put in a good days work, even if we will be sore tomorrow.
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