garden d’art

Last week, I had a great opportunity to add more furniture to the garden and support local art. A dear friend, Apryl completed and posted for sale the pieces seen below. My husband and I agreed instantly to bring the set home. Apryl and her man, Thom, delivered them this morning, and the set is […]

lawn care in high heat

This evening was overcast and in the mid-80s for the first time all week. And the only time, with a heat advisory through the weekend. So, I gassed up the Toro and cut the yard. It needed it. For all the drive I have to diminish the lawn and replace it food and flowers, cutting […]

making your own path:

No, seriously, I’m making my own pathway… Small steps here and there:

today’s mini project

Today, I continued work began yesterday: defining borders and future pathways to the firepit. Yesterday’s start: Today’s addition: The garden as a whole is firming up in my head. When I first established the spot for the firepit, I had no idea how the garden would interact with it. With the fence going in, and […]

bit by bit, post by post

Small advances matter: two more posts today. This leaves two remaining: one to dig, and one to bracket-mount to the driveway. There is a lot of work left, but the hard math is done. The tricks of corners and slopes and joints are resolved. The weather may prevent me from continuing this weekend. We shall […]

building the gates to the garden

Today was a slow day, but in a good way; productive in planning to make sure I have all the steps in the correct order. The front facing wall of the fence is marked out. The front has three gates, two double (at the driveway and the future drive on the far side of the […]

the return of the weekend warrior

I am back to work following a six week shutdown. This means major undertakings in the garden need to either break down into 2-3 hour segments after work or wait for the weekend. Leading into this weekend, the shipment of materials for our fence arrived. I have wanted a unique fence design for our little […]

day 38: stepping up the terracing

Today, I ignored the lingering day lilies and started building up the retaining stones on the old bed, eager to get some new plants in the ground. I got as far as possible. I ran out of the capstones and the hardscape adhesive. The latter would be easy enough to order for delivery, the former […]

day 26: the tour, the experiment, the pathway, and the skink

It has been brought to my attention that the photos here don’t often offer an idea of where in our garden the work is happening. So, I made a video walk-through of our side yard and lot. The disclaimer: this is as-is. Many projects are underway, not everything is social-media-ready. “Don’t let perfect get in […]

good fences make better neighbors…

…than bad fences do anyway. Our pseudo-neighbor is flipping the house on the other side of our extra lot. He informed me some time back that he would be taking out the chain-link between us and putting in a privacy fence. He was neighborly enough to check in about the property line and where the […]