Sunday, November 10, 2013

Moving the Rocks...

Today was a great day to finish up some late season outdoor projects. There really wasn't much landscaping done in the front of our house other than a some oddly placed and misshapen Yews that the prior owners had planted. They must have dumped a few bags of mulch between the sidewalk and the house. Over time, most of the mulch disappeared, then weeds took over. The run off from the roof was making large puddles next to the house.
That area was built up with some with some dirt from the garden. I leveled it out and sloped away from the foundation, covered it with plastic to keep out the weeds, and topped it with the rock that had been dumped in our driveway last week. It's hard to see the true colors in these pictures, but it's "river rock" so it will be all different colors, but mostly browns, grays, reds, and black.

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I brought out the snow blower and got it ready for winter. I had changed the oil in it this spring and also ran it out of fuel. All I had to do was fill the gas tank, hit the primer a couple of times and it fired off on the second pull. I put the lawn mower away too.

5 comments:

  1. I thought I was winter-ready until I read this post, then realized I forgot to tune the snow blower. Thanks for the reminder!

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  2. Looking good. But it begs the question - which is easier moving rock or chopping all that wood?

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    1. I think the rocks were easier... They're done. The wood just seems to keep piling up!

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  3. Our snow blower gets much more use than the lawn mower. I think the lawn got mowed only 3 times this year.

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    1. I think it's probably close to even use here. Maybe once a week or every other week for the grass. The snow is kind of anybody's guess...

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