Above is the new and improved driveway/parking area as it swings around to the gravel walkway leading to the front door. There is a new landscaping bed, as marked, where the Mayday tree used to be. The red arrows point to a line of gravel that is the curtain drain, and between the arrows is a dark sliver of dirt to plant a few shrubs. There is a solid wall of horsetails behind it that I hope will not be able to grow through the gravel filled trench.
This is the slope at the back of the garage. Bob set up the Alaska RR timbers to form a short retaining wall. We'll backfill with soil, go to war with the weeds and then plant something... I'm thinking a hedge of Hansa roses that will spread roots like crazy and hold it all in place. It would be a warmer spot for the climbing rose I put at the front of the cabin last year so maybe I'll transplant that, too.
With all the gravel around you'd think the dogs could stay out of the mud but they always choose to sit and walk in the dirt.
A shot of the timbers from the opposite direction, on the path to my shop.
My little rock garden. I thought why not rescue plants from around the yard rather than spend another hundred for starter plants. So there is forget-me-not, sedum, fern, some small grasses, lupine, columbine, strawberry, a few others. With luck, something may be happy enough to grow.
Tux is standing at the timber steps going up to the garage. Good girl, she's on the gravel! We need another small load for the top step and to fill in a few bare spots.
Tux puts her stamp of approval on the spirea.
Sun is predicted for tomorrow, a good day for planting!
