In the beginning of August 2010 my Son and Granddaughter came to visit. My son moved A LOT of rocks for me and the path construction JUMPED way ahead of what I could do. This is a picture of my Son with my Granddaughter hitching a ride in the wheelbarrow.
And this is my beautiful Granddaughter.
With my Son's help the path work was continued around back and a path to Bonsai Oak was created. We took rocks from a place that they were in the way - from next to the driveway to a set of steps going up to the deck. Here's my Son's work on the paths. The picture on the left is the path going around back. The picture on the right is the path going to Bonsai Oak.
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My two Brothers also helped a lot. One Brother helped me move two barrels and a big cast iron sink (top picture). My other Brother helped building the rock boarder around Bonsai Oak (bottom picture). So things are really starting to move forward on the area.
Some folks that live close to us were having a garage built. This unearthed a lot of natural clay. One of the workers was nice enough to deliver a small pile of this clay so I could even out some very bad areas in the path. Sand will go over this.
And my Mom even helped as well. Not with physical labor but she bought special wild flower seeds (ones that are for this area and altitude) for the little wild flower gardens that are located next to the first path. So naturally I had to get this one ready. There are so many rocks in this dirt that it took a sifter to get them all out. After the sifting we moved 4 large buckets of dirt into this area before planting the seeds. Cross your fingers that something will come up this year. I know I'm going to have to protect the area from the deer or they will eat the seedlings right down to the roots.
That was the work done in 2010. Work will begin again in late April or early May of 2011. I'm looking forward to sharing the continuing story with all of you.
Herbal Blessings To You,
Sandy Marie
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