Landscaping: Week 10

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Apr 24-28, 2000

Either I’m getting impatient or things are moving slower. Not sure which. The load of stone/sand that was delivered last Friday was an accidental duplicate delivery. They picked up 6 out of 8 pallets of stone and took them back.

seat wall by shed

seat wall by shed

retaining wall cap

retaining wall cap

Retaining wall cap

Retaining wall cap

pathway to BBQ area

pathway to BBQ area

Steps to garden area

Steps to garden area

close-up of steps

close-up of steps

The retaining wall and the seat wall by the shed now have their pre-stucco coats. The cap stones have been added to the retaining wall – looks nice. The steps that make up the stone pathway to the BBQ area are in progress. The steps to the garden area are just about done. Stones are now being set in the sand that makes up the BBQ area.

stacks of stone

stacks of stone

seat wall tops

seat wall tops

Pathway to BBQ area

Pathway to BBQ area

BBQ area

BBQ area

bullnose finish

bullnose finish

approximate placement

approximate placement

another seat wall sample

another seat wall sample

What a difference a truckload of stone makes. This afternoon the 2 inch bullnose stone for the pool coping and the seat wall tops arrived (along with the stucco). Just putting the 2 foot slabs on top of the seat wall changes the look. The BBQ area is now about 1/2 done. The space between the stones is a sand and soil mix that will be irrigated with a drip system to allow things to grow between the stones. Nice.

elm tree planted

elm tree planted

pool coping stones

pool coping stones

seat wall by shed

seat wall by shed

pathway to BBQ area

pathway to BBQ area

seat wall in BBQ area

seat wall in BBQ area

BBQ area

BBQ area

The elm tree went in the ground, today. The coping stones are being laid around the pool. The seat wall seats are almost done.

clean/folded spa cover

clean/folded spa cover

dirty spa

dirty spa

elm tree

elm tree

spa vs pool

spa vs pool

filling the cleaned spa

filling the cleaned spa

Next week they’re going to do the stone work around the spa, so I thought I’d take the cover off, clean it, and then clean the spa (before they get it dirty again). The current lay of the concrete is such that water drains into the spa, so I know it would be dirty. It didn’t look too bad at first, but once the crap on the bottom got mixed up the water turned quite brown. I drained the spa into the pool (through the filter) which did it’s job quite well. Except now the filter needs to be flushed.

 

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