Sunday, April 29, 2007
Big Pile of Rocks, Day 2
Day 2 started with steak and eggs, followed by Whitney and Dorkboy's departure. The remaining 3 of us went right to work on "the football." Anybody who has ever been in my backyard has seen that nasty little rats nest. Basically, it was a football-shaped slot in the middle of the patio about 8' long and about 6' wide. It has always been filled with vegetation of some kind, most recently grass. Grass needs mowed, and mowing makes compost....which blows directly into the pool. So, we (I) dug out all of the sod, poked a couple of holes in the dirt for a few plants and started with the black plastic sheeting again. We outlined the football in some paving bricks that Menards had so conveniently had on sale. Then, more rocks. We transplanted a baby yucca from one of our front-yard beds and added a couple of ornamental boulders to the mix. As you can see, we added a couple of extra ornamental grasses and VOILA!
This might not look like much to some of you, but to anyone who has ever seen the jungle in my back yard, this is just a foretaste of what is to come. All rocks, limited vegetation, a couple of weeping pea trees and that's it. Goodbye maintenance, goodbye dirt, goodbye hastas, and goodbye wolf spiders.
Labels: decorative rocks, herb garden, landscaping, ornamental grasses, yucca
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