It was a long hard day back at yard work again. Managed to get all the Leyland Cypress trees planted. Digging in the ground here is tough. This is a granite ridge that they blasted to rubble when they built the neighborhood. As a result, the ground is chock full of rocks. Digging the 5 gal bucket size holes for the 4 trees took 5 hours and was like working a quarry. For scale, these trees are spaced 15’ apart.
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To give you an idea about how much rock there is in the ground here, this stone wall around the 10’ x 30’ holly bed was made entirely from the rocks pulled out while digging the holes for just 10 small trees, including the Cypress trees today.
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Of course, not being one to waste usable materials, I used the soil, gravel and sod from the holes to create a water diversion berm under and in front of the gas fireplace bump-out so that heavy rains don’t flow under it and down the foundation to the basement like it used to. I used the remaining topsoil from planting the trees to fill in and shape the front of the berm. The blue stuff on the soil is hydro-kote grass seed.
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After that, I mulched all the trees and flower beds in the entire yard.
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Everything took about 8 hrs of hard work, but it’s done now. I’m worn down to a nub, but it’s a good kind of tired. Now it’s time for a few cold beers and a nice dinner.
Cheers!