Our front yard flower bed was the most labor intensive project we tackled this Spring, and has made the biggest impact to our yard. I love pulling into our driveway and being greeted by it, especially because it is mainly made up of perennials transplanted from my friend's garden in the Spring so I never know what to expect. Every new bloom is a surprise!
We used logs from my in-laws to build it which my husband cut to lengthwith a chain saw. The first thing we had to do with the cut logs (other than load them into a truck and haul them to our garage) was strip the bark off:
Then drill two holes at the same heights through each log to run two cables through:
Then treat them (with the same caramely clear stain we've been using for everything):
We laid landscaping cloth on top of the lawn, then threw a layer of the peeled bark on it before shoveling in the soil (which is old manure) to make the soil extra rich and nutritious:
My husband did all the cabling business, and Emery oversaw everything going on in the yard:
We planted my friend's perennials, a couple varieties of petunias and a rose bush. After two months, the garden has filled right up and looks beautiful like this:
My husband found the rock and hauled it into the garden. Eventually we want the perennials to be so full that we need almost no annuals planted, and the main focal points to be the rock and the rose bush (to the right of it, which is currently on its second big bloom of the year):
And this is the view looking out from the house:
I'm just so happy with it. It was worth all the work put in! I'm thankful for my husband's ingenuity and skill because I certainly couldn't have come up with or execute anything like this! I had never heard of a draw knife or worked a drill before this project but now I have used them to help him with a few projects in these past couple of months.
Happy gardening!
xo.
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