Monday, July 9, 2012

Dirt, Mud & Gravel-scaping

Landscaping is the linchpin that holds the rest of this project together and it is not moving quickly.  The only thing that is truly getting spread out is time, thus the new term "timescaping."  Har, har, har.

It really was a bunch of factors, so I'll primarily put the responsibility on us - we picked a new landscaping block that is SUPER popular so SUPER sold out.  Now it's back in stock and action is back on.
Day 1: A little bit of dirt spreading...

... and electric cable (to the garage) cutting.  Bummer.

Day 14: Boulders in place for retaining wall along driveway.

And more dirt moving.  Note the gigantic weeds that have grown in what remains of the topsoil.

So, Lucy started weeding.  What a little gardener!


She had to take the weeds around the big hole and into the woods.  
Did you notice that we had the garage hardware installed?  I generally don't care much for the looks-just-like-a-blacksmith-from-the-1970s-made-it hardware, but I found some really simple, nice stuff from www.360yardware.com (their motto is "Life's too short from crummy hardware." Love it.)  They distribute for Lynn Cove Foundary & Forge, very nice stuff.  

Makes the budget door look a little less budget.  It totally is only a single door, I know we completely had you fooled!



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