Garden doings, 2

The path, top view. When we started, everything but the front rock wall was either bare dirt or covered with ivy and vinca!

Oscar for scale

Speaking of rock walls...

First we made a new garden border, someone had stolen the stones. And while we were at it we extended it all the way to the driveway.

I dug some turf out. Then it got really hot and then my man finished the job with the help of his men.

And then Eric called a rock-selling company and they agreed to deliver some boulders and some stones - the next day! Edie and John and I got to watch a dump truck in action. Oscar refused to watch.

So many boulders! Will it be enough?!?!?

Pretty much all of our neighbors stopped by that day to see what was going on. Never had there been such excitement as a load of boulders being delivered! They asked us, are you professionals? And, did you come up with this idea yourselves?

And then, because it was a nice day and because working at our real jobs is less fun, Eric became possessed and made a retaining wall out of those boulders that very day, June 10.

He dug back a few feet to give the boulders some room - and make filler dirt to fill up the garden-to-be

Ta-da! So tidy-bowl! Two layers of boulders and now the yard looks all tucked-in. But it's not done yet...

 

Oh-ho! Stones filled in all the gaps - there is such a difference, you see, between stones and boulders, and one wouldn't want to confuse one for the other.

Then we sowed a pollinator seed mix on June 12, just about 2 weeks ago. We've been watering it about every two hours every day, since we're home, and boy is it looking good now! So many different seedlings popping up, which I can ID to monocot or dicot but that's about it. They'll need a few more leaves before I know what's what.

And all along the rock wall and in amongst the stones I sowed moss roses, marigolds, sweet alyssum, bachelor's buttons, and cosmos. They're coming along too!

Going out to water is such a nice break, although at first I felt a little loony heading out to water my rocks. But they're not just rocks any more! And the green of the pollinator garden is big enough to see from the bedroom windows now. Some might even flower this year, fingers crossed!