Even though we haven't had much summer
weather or Spring weather for that fact around here, We have still been
getting a lot of work done on the outside of the house.
My Saturday Helper.
You can see to the left that the grass beat the weed block fabric and came through with a vengeance. I did spray it with Roundup and it seems to be working. I will win.
The
back yard is making a lot of progress. Flower beds are in, the grass is
growing and the rain barrel has stopped the leaking in the basement.
The plants are growing nicely and I can't wait for it to be grown in.
The
latest project has been the addition of our raised beds in the
neighbor's parking strip. My Mom and Step-Dad had some cedar cut and
milled to build raised beds for their garden and lucky for me, had some
wood left over. The boys had a great time helping Poppa Rick count
screws and put together the boxes.
Last
weekend, Dad and I filled 16 bags of pea gravel, laid down the weed
blocks and spread the pea gravel. I also put him to work building me a
smaller box just for cutting flowers out of some leftover fence boards
and a piece of a hall closet the Graham tore out a few months ago. I
love re-purposing! I planted all of my starts and a bunch of seeds. We are going to have so many sunflowers this summer and I am beyond excited.
Next
up is the driveway area. I have 4 bags of gravel left to use along the
fence. I am hoping that I can find the time tomorrow in our already
packed day to get started on that project.
Until the next episode...
