Busy Sunday
Apr. 27th, 2008 12:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ksmith20 bags of lava rock. Three rolls of landscape cloth. Lots of those plastic landscape stakes and the oversize metal bobby pins.
Patience. Setting out that damned cloth in an area with large rocks and existing shrubbery is a PITA.
The problem area where King always went first for mulch has been covered. I went a little crazy there--lots of cloth folded over and layered, then buried in several inches of rock. It looks OK. I think I can safely say that my weed problem in that area will be a thing of the past.
Lava rock is still not my favorite. It's the damned brick red color--given that my house is two shades of cream, dark oak or cypress are the shades of mulch or stone that would work better. I've seen black lava rock, but that wouldn't work either. Oh well. Given that there was already some red stuff in place thanks to the folks who lived here previously, I decided to suck it up and go with it. And there's some orange in the chimney brickwork,which makes for a little tonal overlap.
The best thing about the rock, though, is that because of the rough surface, it's very, very difficult to shift around. Which means it's hard to dig through. Which I hope means King won't try, or that he will at least give up after a fruitless minute or two.
Taking a break. I'll feed the guys lunch in a few minutes, then go back to work. I think this is going to be an all-day job, especially if I start the area around the birdbath, which is King's secondary mulch source, and which he visited several times as I worked near the house.
Enjoy it now, you &^%$#*.
Patience. Setting out that damned cloth in an area with large rocks and existing shrubbery is a PITA.
The problem area where King always went first for mulch has been covered. I went a little crazy there--lots of cloth folded over and layered, then buried in several inches of rock. It looks OK. I think I can safely say that my weed problem in that area will be a thing of the past.
Lava rock is still not my favorite. It's the damned brick red color--given that my house is two shades of cream, dark oak or cypress are the shades of mulch or stone that would work better. I've seen black lava rock, but that wouldn't work either. Oh well. Given that there was already some red stuff in place thanks to the folks who lived here previously, I decided to suck it up and go with it. And there's some orange in the chimney brickwork,which makes for a little tonal overlap.
The best thing about the rock, though, is that because of the rough surface, it's very, very difficult to shift around. Which means it's hard to dig through. Which I hope means King won't try, or that he will at least give up after a fruitless minute or two.
Taking a break. I'll feed the guys lunch in a few minutes, then go back to work. I think this is going to be an all-day job, especially if I start the area around the birdbath, which is King's secondary mulch source, and which he visited several times as I worked near the house.
Enjoy it now, you &^%$#*.
