Landscaping in Place

My right hand is out of a cast and in a brace so I can type again--slowly.  Before my hand surgery, I decided to build a stone border in front of our bank and our plantings.  Aloma had been suggesting one, so I thought this would be a good time since I had nothing else to do and nowhere to go.

I figured a two-man landscaping crew could do the job in half-a-day costing about $200 in labor.  I decided to do it myself. 

After three weeks of back-breaking labor, we now have a stone border, 84 stones picked up 12 at a time from Home Depot, 30 hours of work (most of it sitting in a chair looking at my progress), taking 28 extra-strength Tylenol tablets. Roots from an oak tree that we included in our border were the main problem.  A couple of roots were five inches in diameter and a couple more were slightly smaller.  I used an ax and a reciprocating saw.  We’ll know next year whether or not I killed the tree.

So the job is done.  Aloma says I’m her hero, so it was worth the effort.  See photo below of the Great Wall of 201 Callum Place.