So I've had a design in my files since I first created the prairie garden of installing a 'dry stream bed' garden feature. After the shop was built and my broken concrete patio was replaced with a curving one, the shapes emerged more clearly and I thought the lockdown was a good time to start digging.
Nothing like digging ditches to relieve stress. Granted, with bum shoulders and age, it took me a lot longer than it would have my son, but he was on lockdown too. I worked away for weeks a few hours at a time, lining the beds with weed barrier as I went. Finally it was gravel time. That was a more focused labor to get it done before my lawn mower guys had to get past the pile in front of the gate!
The final stage was planting and edge treatments. I worked with what I had: I couldn't install large boulders so this is a 'gentle stream'.
Nothing like digging ditches to relieve stress. Granted, with bum shoulders and age, it took me a lot longer than it would have my son, but he was on lockdown too. I worked away for weeks a few hours at a time, lining the beds with weed barrier as I went. Finally it was gravel time. That was a more focused labor to get it done before my lawn mower guys had to get past the pile in front of the gate!
The final stage was planting and edge treatments. I worked with what I had: I couldn't install large boulders so this is a 'gentle stream'.
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