"Crap - we still have that much left over?"
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"Hey, look - the piece of landscape cloth we have left over is exactly the right length to cover the barren wasteland under the overhang at the back of the house. Score!"
"Um, okay, how about using up all of the remaining Round-Up to kill off the grass behind the deck, then adding a bed there? I was planning on doing that next year anyway ..."
"Alright, now that we've got more landscape cloth and Round-Up, we can take care of the barren wasteland on the side of the house."
"Oooh! I know, let's make it so it's easier to mow around the mailbox. That ought to be good for at least two wheelbarrows full."
"Twenty more wheelbarrows left? Make the bed in the back deeper."
"And make the bed on the side deeper."
Our landscaping design is now inspired by "Early American Oh-God-We-Still-Have-To-Find-Spots-For-More-Mulch," and I have doomed myself to having to walk the property with a spray bottle of RoundUp every day for the rest of the summer, but at least it's done and we can use the entire driveway again.
Next time I order 10 yards of mulch, it had better be because I'm working property management for a shopping mall or something.
2 comments:
You can actually plant many shrubs in the fall - do you have a plan as to what you want the new beds to look like? K's mom
I expect that you will find yourself wanting to purchase more mulch next year. It is amazing how quickly it seems to disappear into the dirt.
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