I spent most of yesterday afternoon in the garden. Moving rocks from one side of the garden to the other and beefing up my rock borders. I’m still not finished yet, but it’s totally more fun then suiting up and going to a gym that’s for sure.
The idea is to have this project done by the end of the month. But with the chickens scratching close by every time I lift a rock, it’s taking a little longer than it should. Black Fatty and Baby Fat are pretty determined to gobble up every single worm as I grab rocks to fill my bucket.
Every once in awhile I came across a rock too big for the rock borders lining the garden path.
And I had absolutely no idea what I was going to do with them until I noticed squireely trying to sample some of my flower bulbs.
And then it hit me.
Add a rock border around the ceder tree.
Will this keep the chickens out? No way. But it does add a little definition to the landscape, and most importantly, I’m a few rocks closer to making room for a new garden bed.
Yee-Haw. Come on Spring, I’m ready for you!
~Mavis
Lisa N says
Were the rocks there when you moved in?
My yard had rocks in the front, in the back, under the trees, lining the under edge of the deck, in rock “ponds,” surrounding trees, and under overgrown bushes. The previous owners had collected rocks at least since the house was new, in 1963. I used some to build an herb garden. More to make a planting area near the sidewalk. I have buckets of small ones, medium ones, large ones…
I think I’ll put another rock tier to the ones surrounding the rock “pond” area near the deck, fill it with soil and put in some of my extra strawberries.
LuAnn Braley says
There must be something ingrained in us to put borders around things. When my daughter plays outside, she’s always picking up little rocks that are transported our way everytime the nearby quarry has a blast and makes a border for something. Most often it is a yard for her dinosaur figurines.
Angie Lawrence says
We once had a dog that used to go swimming in the sea. Nothing unusual there – until someone pointed out that she was going underwater, picking up only the white rocks, and bringing them back to the beach where she put them all in a neat pile!!
michelle g-b says
Ooh! You’re bulbs are starting to poke up! That’s exciting. 😀 I pulled my poor geraniums out of the garage yesterday & they’re enjoying some rain in the front yard. This is the first year I’ve overwintered them & I’m kind of excited. They’re beautiful pink ones & I won’t have to buy them this year!
UgaVic says
When I first move to our property here, about 10 years ago, I was disappointed that there was really no ‘flat’ area due to so much frost/freeze heaving. To make up for it we have great rock/boulder sources.
Slowly we are using them to act as anchors in our yard and landscape for beds so all of your endevors are read eagerly.
We laugh as we have hens that are just as helpful and in our ‘business’, a neighbor with a first name that uses an H instead to head up her name,versus Fatty, and we wonder if we started calling our hens by similar names how long it will take to get around the village 🙂 YES, we can be stinkers at times!!
Linda says
I love rocks too…I’m always bringing them home from wherever we go, beach, camping, Arizona !!