Project Time

I always have a project or two going on in my mind much to Irv's chagrin.  One of those projects that I've been thinking about for a couple years is my front flower bed.  I wish it could look as nice as my sister-in-law's gardens in Oklahoma, but we live in an area that has been experiencing a severe drought for years.  It's hard to get much of anything to grow out here.

As you can see from the picture above, the beds have become overrun by weeds, many of the shrubberies died a couple years ago after a hard winter.  However, the daylilies I planted 17 years ago are flourishing and have become so large.  It was time to pull out all that rock and lay a new layer of high quality landscape fabric, and then replace all those rocks.

This is not an easy job for two old people.  Many breaks were taken because it was hot outside and moving that rock is a backbreaking endeavor.

We only did a few feet per day.  During the process we also transplanted some random plants that were in the bed so that the finished project would only have the daylilies and some of the shrubberies that survived and are making a comeback.  With limited foliage it will be easier to spray the weeds when and if they show up again.

Within a few days all that rock was out on the sidewalk.  That Hosta was planted many years ago also.  It is amazingly huge!

Maisy was the project manager and supervised from the shade of the trees in our yard.  By the way, we are about the only people out here on the redneck plains of Southern Colorado who actually have a yard with any type of landscaping and a sprinkler system.

Next it was time to lay the fabric, cut it around the remaining plants and start moving those rocks back.

Hopefully next week I can post a 100% finished picture.  We still have the other side of the "front porch" to finish.

There's always something to do when you live out in the country.