I don’t particularly like yardwork.
I do, however, particularly like taking things apart (like drywall with a very large crowbar…uh oh, I’m already digressing…must…keep…focus) and I think that extends to shredding grass.
Over the past two or three weekends I have done more yardwork than in the previous 100 weekends, but, it will pay off in the next 100 weekends I hope. It will pay off in the form of a LOT less mowing.
Oh and it will be prettier too.
So, what pray-tell is in order at good ol’ Talbot?
Well since you asked I’ll tell you.
The west side of the front yard…
…and the east side of the front yard…
…are gonna get a makeover.
First we take away the grass.
Then we add in a few “ornamentals”
[tangent]
In case it isn’t OBVIOUS, those quotes around “ornamentals” are really sarcastic quotes because, yeah, what you see here is the result of, in ascending order of heaviness:
- One flowering Mt Fuji cherry tree
- Four big ol stones in the middle of the yard. 5,000 lbs. Yeah, they look impressive and all but a) I didn’t have to truly lift them and b) net weight moved by blief – still not the heaviest.
- 32 bags of concrete and 15 bags of river rocks, moved an average of 3.5 times each, for a net weight movement by blief of – let’s just call it 10,000 lbs shall we?
Hey, it’s my blog. - 12 yards of topsoil, with an average weight of about 1 ton per cubic yard, subtract out the fact that a neighbor or two dipped their shovel in the pile, and we get ohhhhh, 22,000 lbs.
Holy crap! No wonder my body felt like one mussed up hombre on Sunday night.
Yee Haw!!
[end tangent]
Oh, and let’s not forget the backyard.
Back in June of 2008 we put in a nice little sand-lot for LaGrande to play in.
And now, with bark nuggets on their way, we had to make it so LaGrande and TheWeeOne could dig in the sand and NOT get splinters in their feet/knees/hips/eyes.
And, for the gardner(s) in our midst;
We put these garden boxes in late last summer…
There isn’t any plants in there yet but the dirt is laying in wait, ready to spring itself on a tomato or two.
And last, for next time, you add the bark!
blief 
My aching back!!
Too soon you get old and then that sort of exertion will take another “swipe” at you in the form of overworked joints of your youth!
Oh well, it looks attractive — even the “ornamentals”, and those big rocks won’t “walk off” like some pretty sculpted animal. And the Mt Fuji cherry tree might even give the birds something to snack on! [Good luck on getting a taste yourself!]
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Looks lovely, can’t wait to see it with the “barp”.
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That is a lot of work! It looks good though and anything you don’t have to mow is a good thing – I know it takes me 3 hours to mow mine.
You need to get those veggies in though. Our lettuce, arugula, bokchoy and spinach are already sprouting after only 1.5 weeks since planting the seeds.
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Yeah baby – a garden!
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