This entire weekend was cooler and overcast. I had planned to take advantage of this and do a ton of the yard work that went on hold while we were each traveling on our respective trips. So did that happen? Not until the very end of the available window of nice weather. We went outside at maybe 7 this evening, and laid down just a bit more weed barrier and mulch. Mostly we were spreading out the remainder of mulch that was piled up at the edge of where work stopped last time.
I have no particular skill or experience doing this sort of work, so my section was inexpertly done. Hopefully this application will be forgiving, and manage to keep the weeds out as intended. We gave it maybe two hours of effort, with the Mr covering twice as much ground as I. Once done, as we were standing around admiring our work, I put my finger on why it looks so much better to me. The contrast of the dull brown mulch makes the bright colors of the flower beds that much more vivid. Even the greens of the stems were lost when they were surrounded by green lawn, made of mostly tangled bindweed. Now the stones stand out and the flowers seem taller and more impressive.
Soon we will move on to making the shade bed and the rock pathways. We have some of the hardscaping materials, but there may be a rock-gathering trip in our near future. Maybe some more will come down off his mountain.
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