A couple of days ago I mentioned that I had an new project in our yard — the flower beds around two trees
Edger blocks used in one of our original flower beds.
and our lamp post needed to be replaced. They were among our very first projects and although they worked quite well for a couple of years, they were starting to to fall apart. The picture at the right shows what the bed around the lamp post looked like this year.
Fortunately we learned a few things in the time we’ve been landscaping our yard, so we knew that we could make better beds by using retaining wall blocks. So we had to start a series of “Lowe’s Runs” to get the necessary materials.
I’m glad to report that building the new beds required more brawn than brains, and once I had the number of blocks needed for each layer, the beds went fairly easily.
Betsy and I finished the last flower bed Friday before we had all the excitement with Hurricane Ike. Betsy and I are quite happy with the
The new bed around our lamp post.
way the new beds look. You can judge for yourself — the picture below is of the new bed around the lamp post.
Tags: Landscaping, Yard
