May 14th, 2007 - Not quite as easy as expected…
The flower garden isn’t there yet. Turns out removing landscaping rocks is harder than we thought! My first session with them really discouraged me. But now that over 1/3rd is done, I don’t feel as discouraged. I’m doing it all by hand (plus a mattock) in 15-30 minutes sessions. That nets me enough rocks in the bucket that I can still carry it–any more and I wouldn’t be able to. It’s about 6″ in the 5-gallon bucket! Next year, we hope to make it into a raised bed with pretty rock walls. I’d love to do that now–and the rocks are on sale–but the cost of the rocks and dirt (around 45 cubic feet, I guess)–is too much after all the other money I’ve spent on the garden and yard this year already!
We forgot about the bean poles, so they didn’t get put in. I also forgot about my herb seeds. So those things still have to be planted. The lawnmower didn’t get fixed so we still have to mow. We have to wait for the garage to be painted (and the rocks picked out) to finish the mulching. And of course, the nice weather of last week is past and we’re to have rain off and on this week.
Oh well.