It was a rough, muddy couple of days, but Kurt and his Landscape Magic wand eventually pulled through (well, 98% of the way). Last week I reported on our landscape project and its kickoff. Well, it kicked off alright. Unfortuantely, in the rain. We can home last Thursday to a holy-mudslide-batman mess. If I'd been warned, I may have been alright with this. But telling an 8 months pregnant lady that you won't start work in the rain, and then changing the game plan without a warning? Not cool. Or safe. Or very professional, right?
Luckily, the following day called for clear skies. So we sat in the house, tried not to look outside, and hoped Kurt would showcase some serious Harry Potter by 6 p.m. Friday. And guess what - he did. We came home to a pretty awesome looking landscape situation. Yeah, we have some issues. But, I would have issues no matter how perfect it was. It's how I am. And we're working on the issues with Mr. Landscape Magic himself.
See the befores here...
Of course, all this needs heaps of TLC, so Will has been moving sprinklers and configuring watering systems for days on end. I love him. And I'm sure lucky he loves me.
If the weather cooperates, today is Kick-Off Spurgeon Landscape Project day. Though we've never been able to claim any manicured lawn prizes, the snow's exit this spring revealed yard that was seriously worse-for-the-wear. (And, one that made hormonal me shed some serious crocodile tears.) We'd been talking about investing in the yard for years and decided that before baby was the time to at least tackle a portion of it.
After obtaining three quotes, we hired Landscape Magic Kurt to swoop in and wave his wand over our sad sad situation. Little did we know his wand would seriously malfunction on the weather control part of the operation and our "late May" start day would become "mid June." But, the hour is upon us.
The plan? On the side, trim the tree that's growing off our house, tear up the lawn and current perennials, install a flagstone path and put in hydrangeas, rhododendrons, spreading yew, viburnum and sweet spire, and spread a heap of mulch.
In the back, around my raised beds - level and tidy the area around the boxes, spread pea gravel (good for bare feet) and create a containment system so gravel doesn't spill all over the yard. 
And in the back, for the rest of the yard - tear up the existing grass, level the ground and install sod, increase the size of the beds around the evergreens and transplant existing plants to this area.
Stay tuned for the afters. I'm hoping for magic.
It was a rough, muddy couple of days, but Kurt and his Landscape Magic wand eventually pulled through (well, 98% of the way). Last week I reported on our landscape project and its kickoff. Well, it kicked off alright. Unfortuantely, in the rain. We can home last Thursday to a holy-mudslide-batman mess. If I'd been warned, I may have been alright with this. But telling an 8 months pregnant lady that you won't start work in the rain, and then changing the game plan without a warning? Not cool. Or safe. Or very professional, right?
Of course, all this needs heaps of TLC, so Will has been moving sprinklers and configuring watering systems for days on end. I love him. And I'm sure lucky he loves me.
