The landscaping project began two summers ago.
My project plan was complete including a scaled drawing. We took advantage of a great Memorial Day sale and bought thirty-two landscape timbers at half price.
Last summer, I cringed every time I pulled into my driveway. My failure to complete the project had me feeling frustrated.
My view when I pulled into the driveway was disheartening. I could see the black landscape fabric spread over the area to the right of my front porch. Twenty or so large creek stones scattered about were holding the material in place. I put the fabric there to keep the weeds from taking over the bare soil while I worked on the area to the left of the porch.
When you don’t know what to do next, you get overwhelmed.

We had the holly tree stump ground down but it only grazed the surface of the massive root system.
The left side had stalled.
We had cut down a forty-year-old American Holly tree and we had the stump ground out. That was part of the plan.
I didn’t realize the invasiveness of the holly tree’s root system. That root was a beast. Continue reading →