The “east” beds…

From most recent to spring…

SO..  this area has been the home to critters as long as I remember.  Ari and Kobie would race here to hunt!  Why did I think that changed!  The area has a raised bed made with concrete blocks for a tomato plant and I thought for carrots but they never got planted.  There is also a pallet box where peppers are planted.. red and yellow and purple.. oh my!!  I started out with 2 trellis put together thinking I could also use it to cover the bed in case of an insect, bird or hail event.   After the dogs nearly demolished the bed I reevaluated and decided to attach plastic fencing to the trellis and create a barrier hoping the dogs (although Jake is shown checking it out!) would get the picture which I think they have.  I rebuilt the concrete bed adding more blocks, added more dirt to both beds and then topped off with straw.  We’ll see!  We were being watched by a cardinal in August!

To see the carnage, click here!l
And here…

Progress through June and July….

May 30th – planted..

The fire pit…

Now that it’s this far I want to change it and dig out the middle
part and fill it with sand and gravel…  AT least all the blocks are
there in the same place!

More blocks!

Collecting the crescent ones for a patio by the garden shed when I get to fixing it up!

A ReStore run…

$5 chairs for the yard, a heavy board to make a low dog walk with the concrete blocks behind it and more landscaping stones.  The square stones will be the insert for the large fire pit and the rounded ones will be part of a patio of sorts by the gardening shed. (at least that’s the plan!)

             

The first person…

…who asks me what it is will get an invitation to help me move it!!  I can see it painted with plants, birdhouses, bells or whatever hanging from the hooks that are already there!!  ReStore $10.  It’s so heavy I can’t move it myself.