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Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Apr 24, 2021 | Replies (482)

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@jimhd

@gingerw You have some nice looking rocks there. I'm still working on my own project, hoping to be able to take pictures this week. My backyard looks pretty much like yours. I just can't keep up with the watering enough to keep the lawns green. Replacing it with sod would be wonderful. I did put seed on a section of the front lawn this spring, and it looks better, but I need to work on the weeds that came up at least as well as the grass.

I covet your bricks. Did you use your custom wagon/cart for the job? Are you going to make a border with them? There are lots of ways to arrange them, aren't there. That sounds like a fun job. Congratulations on your new rock garden.

Jim

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@jimhd We found the irrigation system and checked it out. Apparently it was unused for several years so there are repairs to be done. All these rocks are from the south and east sides inside our fence. They would be coming out anyway when we replace the fence next year.

We got a pallet of these bricks. I am going to start on building two small raised brick circles that will have some perennial shrubs in them, out in the easeway between chain link fence and sidewalk. I will still have some bricks left over and we'll border the space next to sidewalk with them as it is quite a drop from sidewalk to level of the dirt there. It's like playing with building blocks all over again, and I love it! Yes, I did use see custom cart that my husband fixed up, otherwise there was no way to move these. It's a blessing to have someone who can make up something like that.

@parus My daylilies bloomed a couple weeks ago, same color as yours! Right now the dark red velvet roses are flushing, and big yellow ones just finished their first flush. Salmon flushed a couple of weeks ago, also.
Ginger