OUR LATEST WIP.............

Okay - I will throw some knitting into this post! Hubby and I have been busy remaking our side yard. This is the space between our barn and the house entrance. It is always a mud trap in the spring and an ice trap in the winter. After 21 years of living here and thousands of children tromping along this muddy pathway we finally got our act together. We have been in the planning stages for about 3 years - Hubby doesn't like to jump into projects without thorough research! (He is terrified because our little town is getting it's very own Home Depot this week - and my honey-do list has grown exponentially)

This is the original walkway - just a patch without grass led to the side door. The white poles are the beginning of hubby's 3 week torture session to get the lines for the new walkway - JUST RIGHT! We had to dig an 8" bed for the walkway and fill it with crushed stone and sand prior to placing the stonework. 10 tons of gravel, 2 tons of sand, and a pallette of paving stone and TADA!!

















Way better looking don't you think? We still have to build a step and lay the granite slab that starts the walkway but with work and heat in the 90's, we are taking a break.


Maybe now I can get back to some knitting! But honestly - my honey and I love to do these kind of projects together and they always grow and grow. Now the plan is to get more pavers and make a sweet little pathway around the back of the house. A moderate size patio will follow - where the barbeque will sit. A new shade garden and some tree limb surgery and we will have the backyard of our dreams.


The honeysuckle is absolutely gorgeous this year (on the left of the trellis) and we have to be really careful of the hummingbirds. They have no fear of us and love to whiz past our heads.