Boreal Witch

...to make a person get things done around the house!

One of my goals this summer is to get some of the little projects done around the yard each week. Like chop up the massive wood pile next to the house. Or build a woodshed for the fire pit. Or clean up the dirt surrounding the rhubarb. Or put the driveway rocks in. Just a lot of little things that would make the yard look less...Alaskan. (Okay, so there's nothing wrong with that, but I've been going through a major purging over the last year and I want to keep my house and yard clutter free.)

Last weekend, Robinson and I spent some time repairing the garden boxes. When we installed them, we didn't use the right nails so the boxes started to fall apart so we re-screwed the boxes and put them back together.

Today we finally put in the flagstones next to the garden. I've had a hole in the front yard between my garden boxes since early last year. I had intended to make a flagstone path, but never got around to it. Then winter came and I couldn't do anything about it anyway.

Needless to say, it was one of the first things on my "To Do" list of summer projects. We started the job early this morning and finished by mid-afternoon. Robinson and I hauled gravel from the gravel piles by the Dog Park and used flat rocks from around our yard. Then we placed the stones and filled in the gaps with sand and extra gravel. We'll probably get some kind of divider to separate the stones from the grass in the yard and put that in tomorrow.

Here's a close-up of the flagstones. The finished project turned out surprisingly well!

Tomorrow we'll be weeding the garden boxes and then adding the worm compost to the topsoil. Next week the family will be here, so we'll probably be doing next to nothing except entertaining. If we do have time, I'd like to weed the rhubarb and make a box for some of the flowers I'll be planting in a couple of weeks.

I love the summer. I love gardening. I love feeling the dirt between my fingers. It feels great to finally be able to play outside. Enjoy the summer.

Blessed be.