The landscaping area on the side of the house will be the largest and probably the one we'll start with.
09NOV10 - After spending way too much time and energy cutting out the sod from the first bordered tree and moving it to areas in the backyard which were mostly…
Then it was time to fill them in with a yard and a half of nice topsoil.
Now we just have to decide what other colorful plantings we can put inside in addition to the Wedelia. If you look closely, you can see the single low voltage…
Got ambitious and climbed up on the corner brick column for this shot.
11NOV10 - After finishing the four tree borders, it was time to start on the far side landscaping area. Except for about 10 feet around the Live Oak tree that…
As you might expect, the tiller needed maintenance since I hadn't used it in quite a few years so spent part of the day yesterday doing that and then started…
But after about six hours of tilling and raking up dead grass all with the assistance of my wonderful wife, (the best helper you could ever ask for,) then…
Good exercise for sure but we were beat and my arms felt like lead after raking the whole area with the big, aluminum landscape rake.
06FEB11 - Finally found the time to get out and hoe up the remaining dead grass around the tree last weekend but unfortunately, it was right before the winter…
After removing the grass, I needed some fill dirt for a handful of low areas up around the house and to add a little around the tree in anticipation of topping…
I got out the next morning and spent about six hours moving maybe a third of this pile to the side area. Feeling sorry for me, Jen suggested we call our guy at…
And speaking of the winter storm warnings, while we didn't get any snow as they thought we might, we did get some freezing rain.
Found a good deal on same from a local place made from cotton burr, manure, and other stuff. First time using them but it's some really nice material but that…
Between the three of us, we flattened the remainder of the pile in about three hours.
After they left, it was time to get out the tiller and mix up that excellent compost with the native sandy soil which took another couple hours.
