The only thing worse than digging holes ...
... is digging a bunch of little holes ... which is pretty much all i did today. I decided to spend the day planting Verbena in the beds along the sidewalk ... i was dying to know if this would improve the color of the sidewalk itself so i had to get it done.
Anyway, i picked up 3 trays of Verbena (red), 3 bags of pine mulch (super cheap and smells great ... Double E prefers the shit-like smell of cypress mulch, but i prefer a nice piney aroma ... my neighbor even came over and commented on how good it smelled ... anyway, if i were gonna pay $4.00 for a bag of mulch, i sure as hell wouldn't want it to smell like Nona's turd-infested litter box ... mini rant over), bag of potting soil, bag of soil conditioner, 2 boxes of platic bed edging (20 ft. rolls). i think the grand total for all this stuff (i had to make two trips because i needed the 3rd bag of mulch and some additional stakes for the edging) was something like $35-$40. pretty cheap.
... sidenote: i have kept every receipt I have related to spending for renovations ... when i am finished i will total it all up and post it here.
anyway, I cut holes in the weed matting i laid down the day before as i went along adding a little conditioner and top soil (mixing them in the hole) then pushing in the Verbena. when finished, it looked like this ...
sun was right in my eyes when i stood back on the sidewalk - made it difficult to get a good photo.
once i had everything planted, i staked in the bed edging and spread the mulch in by hand. finished, it looked like this ...
there are some crinkles in spots on the edging which kind of irritates me ... i will probably overmulch in those spots to camoflouge the flaws. also, the line on the right kind of meanders a bit as it gets to the top ... tree roots made me alter the planting scheme, but it shouldn't matter once they all fill in ... i think they grow to 10" x 10" or something like that ... no-one will ever know but you and i.
this isn't the best photo, but two out of two people told me it looked excellent. speaking of which, i have received an overwhelming amount of positive feedback so far. i sold an old tv to a woman yesterday and she gushed over the interior paint and asked me if i was an artist. ha! i made a ceramic ashtray in 4th grade, so i guess maybe i am an artist ...
Anyway, i picked up 3 trays of Verbena (red), 3 bags of pine mulch (super cheap and smells great ... Double E prefers the shit-like smell of cypress mulch, but i prefer a nice piney aroma ... my neighbor even came over and commented on how good it smelled ... anyway, if i were gonna pay $4.00 for a bag of mulch, i sure as hell wouldn't want it to smell like Nona's turd-infested litter box ... mini rant over), bag of potting soil, bag of soil conditioner, 2 boxes of platic bed edging (20 ft. rolls). i think the grand total for all this stuff (i had to make two trips because i needed the 3rd bag of mulch and some additional stakes for the edging) was something like $35-$40. pretty cheap.
... sidenote: i have kept every receipt I have related to spending for renovations ... when i am finished i will total it all up and post it here.
anyway, I cut holes in the weed matting i laid down the day before as i went along adding a little conditioner and top soil (mixing them in the hole) then pushing in the Verbena. when finished, it looked like this ...
sun was right in my eyes when i stood back on the sidewalk - made it difficult to get a good photo.once i had everything planted, i staked in the bed edging and spread the mulch in by hand. finished, it looked like this ...
there are some crinkles in spots on the edging which kind of irritates me ... i will probably overmulch in those spots to camoflouge the flaws. also, the line on the right kind of meanders a bit as it gets to the top ... tree roots made me alter the planting scheme, but it shouldn't matter once they all fill in ... i think they grow to 10" x 10" or something like that ... no-one will ever know but you and i.this isn't the best photo, but two out of two people told me it looked excellent. speaking of which, i have received an overwhelming amount of positive feedback so far. i sold an old tv to a woman yesterday and she gushed over the interior paint and asked me if i was an artist. ha! i made a ceramic ashtray in 4th grade, so i guess maybe i am an artist ...
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