Do you invest in pain reliever medicine? This past weekend we literally carried over a ton of pea gravel purchased at Wally World, from the back of the van, around the house, and dumped it onto the path in the Rose Knot Garden. Oh, but it was worth it!We priced it out and bought in bulk, the Stone Center was the cheapest, but the cost to deliver would be more than the stone itself. And the cost of renting a truck was just as prohibitive. So the cheapest route was to make THREE trips to " The Blue Store" as the kids call it, each time purchasing ten bags of pea gravel.
The tedious part was laying the landscape fabric along the circular sections. After that it was all just back breaking manual labor. I even made a tamping stick by nailing a scrap piece of plywood to an old broom handle! Now all I need is for the roses to fill in. They should do well since this is their second year in this location. As an added bonus, after a year long hiatus, the Gertrude Jekyll rose has revived!
Totally cute! Can't wait to see it grown in!
ReplyDeleteOh yes, how well I know the ache of hauling purchased bags of rock and I loved your story. Looks beautiful and was worth the effort.
ReplyDeleteI started a path project for our new herb garden and back door entrance with what started as 3 purchased bags of red lava rock from our local hardware and lumber store. Um, that was the beginning of what has become the never-ending project as each year we purchase more bags of red lava rock, haul out sod, put down plastic and place the lava rock.
Long story short, I can 'feel' the work that went into your project.
You don't remember when I hauled 25 bags of Sackcrete three bags at a time in place of the passenger seat of a VW bug to avoid a delivery charge. Fortunately, I was only driving three miles each way, but it was in Chicago traffic. The next fun part was mixing it by hand in a wheelbarrow. Oh the strength of youth! Your project looks like it will be wonderful for years to come.
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