Landscaping Therapy!

Let's Play In The Dirt!

After months of 

chopping and hacking away

at vines, brambles,limbs and stumps,

I have decided that it is time

to make some Pretty.

I don't know what it is with me....

but looking back at my life,

there is one thing that connects the dots for me

rocks.

I realized that at every home we have  

rented, built or restored,

I have installed some sort of

rock garden.

What is it about the rocks?

I don't know,

but I think it is a serious

addiction.

I love rocks.

It was very good therapy

this weekend 

for me to become one

with the rocks.

Let's unload this pallet of rocks, shall we?

I will spare you pictures of me

covering the entire surface

with newspaper 

anchoring the newspaper 

with wood scraps

when the wind whipped up

and threatened to

blow all the paper away.

Then removing the wood anchoring the paper

as I spread top soil and compost

over the paper.

Then re-stacking the wood to get it out of the way,

spreading the dirt around,

and 

unloading every rock and 

looking for pieces that 

would fit together well.

Separating rocks that

didnt want to be near each other

breaking up rock fights

and such.

Must be girl rocks!

Notice how I kept the lawn chair 

very nearby for

frequent rest and water breaks.

Sometimes you just have to

walk away from the rocks

and let your eyes rest.

But in the end

there was rock harmony.

And rock beds

where the rocks can sleep in peace.

Right now there is just a thin covering of dirt,

just enough to keep the paper from blowing away.

I will be bringing in

more bags of topsoil and compost

to make it ready

for plants.

Plants.

Flowers.

Groundcovers.

Flowering shrubs.

ok, back to work~