Small Flower Garden Project

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Once upon a time there was lawn. Then my wife became a "Master Gardener" /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

 

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Then, with a a lot of compost (and a hired excavator for the rock wall), there was a nurserly garden.

 

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When the third tier started, I started thinking "Tractor w/FEL & BH"! Cut (no pun intended) a deal, any more gardens and I get a tractor. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[CT_Jeff]

Absolutley beautiful! I just love gardens, I could look at them all day long. Nice work, and I would get the CUT right away, you never know when she will need some additional work done. Great job!

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She changed her mind (get rid of the faux slate), re-grade, and put in a low rock wall. So, heres the 1st re-grade looking down from the front deck.

 

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With the faux slate still in...but MY shovel hanging in the shed!

 

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But...wife and daughter still like their shovels, I guess /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

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Dropped in and ready to position 1st stone.

 

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410 FEL Lift approx. 850#? This stone was definitely more than 850#. I could not lift it but, with approx. 2200# of roll back force at the tip of the FEL, I could chain it to the FEL hooks, drag it from below the house (sorry, too much to work with to be taking pic.'s) and then start figuring on how I'd get it up this little steep hill. The wheels started burying in the soft ramp. So, I sat and thunk a while.

 

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Maybe the BH could drag it from above, with some chain?

 

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Yup, that works.

 

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Now mostly in place...just a little fine tuning.

[Sorry, no pic of moving it in (transfered from the BH back to chained to the FEL and a slight lift]

Raining this weekend. So, will have to find some more stone and hope for a dry weather next weekend. I'll put in the topsoil and mulch. Planting is another "department's" job. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

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One last pic... When the garden seats are in place (her idea), we'll be looking downslope at this view. That is the mountain on the State Coin (Camel's Hump).

When everything comes into bloom, I'll add a final pic.

 

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Opps, one more. This was last summer's project, other end of house, with use of the CUT. Taken through window screen from the bedroom.

 

[TroyR57]

Very Nice, thanks for the post. Can't wait to get seat time myself. My place in Louisiana is nice. But if that's small, mine must be tiny. And your view has mine beat.

 

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Jeff - Thanks. The wife has the green thumb. I just dig holes and fill them back in. Those hostas came from her, previous, small garden and went crazy in that lowest bed. That bed was all hand work but getting rid of all the rocks, adding 6-10" of compost, sphagnum, and topsoil did the trick. The CUT makes a big difference as I'm getting too old to lean on shovels and iron bars all the time.

Troy - Thank you too. I bought the land in '82, before prices went crazy up here. The year after I bought it, land prices doubled. Now, I could barely afford an acre with these views, let alone the 10.2. For some parts of the country, 10.2 acres seems like a lot. For many areas, 10.2 is barely the front yard. It's all relative. I got lucky.