Yes, yes, my husband is handsome, charming and handy. But what about me? You didn't think that I spent our staycation shopping and marvelling at my new pedicure did you? Hardly. I had a small project of my own - laying a flagstone patio in the back. Now to be honest, these big babies are only level because of my father, and the planting was completed with considerable help from my mother, and they both helped me haul the stones from the pallet in the driveway to the space in back, but still...I like to think of it as my project.
If you're going to spend a week working in the dirt, I strongly suggest you follow my mama's example and lay in a healthy supply of gin, tonic and limes. And don't slip up on the ice, people.
And while I'm dispensing advice, should you decide to tackle a similar project, I cannot stress enough the importance of accurately measuring your space before you order your stones. I always seem to neglect the math involved in my projects, and therefore spend a good portion of my time and money waiting for the next delivery of rocks, or yarn.
Between the flagstones we planted corsican mint, a creeping, stepable ground cover that will - hopefully, eventually, if it survives the winter - grow into all the nooks and crannies. So when you walk out there in the morning for a breath of fresh air, hot coffee in hand, your bare feet will release a heady aroma of mint and you just might feel refreshed and ready for your day.
Wow, Amy!! Both of your projects look amazing! And now you can enjoy them for the rest of the summer :)
Posted by: KB | July 29, 2010 at 03:43 PM
Hi KB! Yes, we are enjoying our hard work - unfortunately, there is still much to be done...
Posted by: Merry & Mod | August 02, 2010 at 08:59 PM