Welcome summer!

I am so glad that you are here at last! This weekend somehow we started all of our summer projects. Yes, it generally works better if you do one project at a time. But that just doesn't seem to happen very often.



Preparing the ground for a path

Since the fence is up, I had to move the bridge. Under the bridge was the section of dirt that a couple of years ago Dale had dug up and put fabric underneath so that's no plants would grow there.  That means mud for the dogs to run through every time they are outside. The other side of the gate the dirt is just too high and it needs to be shaved down. So I'm going to dig it up and put block work on both sides of that gate.

NW garden (shade garden)

Okay so we had to move that extra dirt someplace. For a couple of years I have been planning to put a garden on the NW corner of the house. Or should I say redo the garden that was there. I was supposed to pick up the brick on Friday but it was so hot we didn't I didn't want to leave the girls in the truck that long. Today Dale and I drove up and picked the block up. We buy at Home Depot because they give a discount for veterans and so Dale gets 10% off with his VA card. We started moving the dirt after the blocks were in place.

NW garden in process

Back to the new fence: in an attempt diminish the dogs barking at everyone walking by, I have decided to weave the privacy ribbon through the fence on the sides by the sidewalk.  It is tedious and might just take all summer to finish.  

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