Digging holes the hard way

Sunday was a busy day at the Little Yellow House.  Flagstone was moved across the yard, our new compost bin was set up, leaves were taken to the yard waste pile, rocks were dug up and moved, weeding took place, and some junk trees were removed and hauled.  And then I dug up pokeweed.  I am a tired girl.

My green and white garden on the back of the house is filling in beautifully!

New plants are waiting to be planted, and our new composter (the Star Wars robot in the back there) is cooking away!

A few weeks ago we had some very old and spindly yew bushes removed.  Then the stumps were ground out. Then we discovered that the embankment they covered had been planted full of large river rocks. Dang!  Before new landscaping can go in, the rocks would have to come out.


Do you see those holes? DO YOU?!?


Each stone weighed between 10-40lbs.  I dug them up and rolled them into a pile, and P carted them off to another stone pile we have going in the woods.  I am hoping there isn't a second layer under that dirt.  A few stones were reserved and artfully arranged with our lonely sentinel stone in our front yard - to be turned into a small rock garden.  The space above is being planned with a landscape architect.  And P and I will splurge and pay to have someone else do the labor for the planting.

Time to put my feet up!