Northeast Gardening: Show us your garden beds!, 1 by bbrookrd

bbrookrd wrote:
Wha, when we built the house in 1981 we had to order stone for some terrace areas and the front walk that we were having built and a small wall. It was way cheaper to buy the stone by a whole truck load to bring to the island. We the mason was finished with the parts we had him do we had plenty left for the paths that we laid. We have dug some of them up a couple of times to change them. We could not afford them today with the price they get for stone these days. We did end up with many that were rejected by the mason as not being level which makes for a bumpy walk, but I do love the way they look. The few we didn't use in the paths got used in the endless stream we built last year. So out of rocks completely, except for the ones in my head!

Here is today's work, the tree is down and in a burn pile along with one we took down in the fall. I will be planting some winter berry back in this area which is part shade, but is less dry than other spots. There are a few that can take more shade which I am hoping to get. I think the birds have pretty much eaten them all by now here too.

We have a dear friend here for the week who loves to play with our chain saw, so the work went quickly. I am going to drag out my brush cutter tomorrow and see if he wants to play with it too! Patti