Father's Day in the Garden

In the morning, my grandson, son, husband and I did a little garden work.  We went to Bear Swamp Road for a little rock scavenger hunt: big ones, flat ones, little ones. We filled the back of the RAV4 and brought the rocks back to the side landscape bed.  I was having two problems.  The mulch was piled so thick over 8 years that we had to dig a channel for the downspout to empty without pooling. Secondly, the landscaper kept spraying the weeds there--and killing my plants, too.  A little dry river bed should do the trick--if engineered correctly.

My new handy man did an expert job 

He also tested it with the garden hose to make sure it worked.

Great job, Robert!

And Grandpa didn't have to do it on Father's Day!

Robert also laid an extra stepping stone on the other side of the house for 

easier stepping by little "flowers" that visit the garden.

And then Robert engineered another garden area.

After several trips to Paul & Sandy's for 6 bags of landscape stone,

he was able to fill in the gravel area of the patio with small, smooth pebbles.

No more "ouchy-ouch" for Lily's bare feet, we hope!

And improved drainage for rainy days?

Thanks, handy men,

for making it such a nice Father's Day

and improving the garden!