My "Turtle Island" #4: Another Path

No pictures, didn’t happen.

LMAO!

-- Living on the square...Metro Detroit

Well it “sounds” pretty … bet it “looks” pretty in “real life” too!!!! hahaahaha!!!

Actually can’t wait to see the pics Deb … so I can oooo and awwwww …. :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

I agree with D.
And with GranT.

But it does sound like you had fun out there!!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Oh it sounds really nice Debbie

Yep pictures when you have time

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

Heavy duty work Debbie & imagine the finished product will be well worth the labour.

b.

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

no pictures yet because today I am probably going to dig a couple more paths.
The plan is to, perhaps, just toss the sod into the middle of the new area, throw some newspaper on top of it and then dump another load of dirt down to create yet another garden.
It wasn’t originally my intention to tackle two new flowerbeds this year but the area now looks a little difficult to get the lawn mower into, so “one big flowerbed” looks like the way to go.

So the back path is done and now the grass behind the area is next.

Oh and I planted some Chives and some other herb in the front areas of this flowerbed.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Love how it looks! It is going to look “smashing” and with the herbs it is going to be practical as well!

I was just wondering if you ever though of putting ground covering thyme on your pathway: I do and last year I was asked by a neighbor if we “sprayed” some perfume outside as they could not figure out why it always smelled so nicely when they drove by!!!:-)

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

haha yes I have Eklectic!!
I have some thyme started started and just decided yesterday that I was going to use it as my flowerbed edging and along the paths.

So now I have to go buy some more seeds for even more plants.

I also thought about planting strawberries as a border but I’d have to find a cheap source for plants. (cheap as in free)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Veseys have free shipping and $5 for 15 strawberry plants in their newest sale catalogue…Not free but close to it.

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

thanks XO

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

That’s gong to be nice Deb. Drop th odd flat stone inside the triangle for weeding and pruning when the ground is wet.

Cheers

Bob

-- I want to believe in a lot of things but, in the meantime I have to deal with the truth

Like what you are doing.
What program do you use for the plan?

-- poisoncontrol, there is to much poison in the world: let's eradicate it!

good idea Bob. Thanks!!

PC: I just took a picture and popped it into WORD and then just added “objects” and “lines”.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Here’s my extended plan.

no grass to cut in this area… pathways that will hopefully be placed where people tend to tread.

Now, I’m going back out to place some rocks on my first project, based on Bob’s suggestion.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

This looks fantastic! Can hardly wait to see it finished! Good work!!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Someone’s been playing in Paint.. :)

Nice way to visualize a change, eh. Good job.. :)

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

thanks
Now, all i have to do is make it look like this (or better).

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Debbie, that looks fantastic! What a great feature you have represented. You are truly a computer whiz!
It looks so perfect. Go easy on the lifting of those rocks or did you complete this labour yesterday. Oh, just looks so great! Congrats

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

I did a lot of rock lifting yesterday.
Today, as I started to create the next path I realized that since I’m getting a load of dirt, I can just put the rocks on top of the dirt and not have to dig up all the grass.

So.. rock lifting is on hold for a few days

(and I take it easy—I know I’m not in great physical condition so I know when to take a break or when to say “that one is for Rick!) haha
or translated: sometimes I’m lazy ;D

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

WooHoo MsDeb … looks fabulous!!!!! Can really see it all coming together. Don’t ya just love when an idea or vision you have in your head comes to life … gonna be a purdy place indeed!!!

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Hope so
I was sitting outside taking a break and have decided (I think) that the front section will be mostly herbs and the back section will be for peppers and some other veggies. Throw a few flowers in here and there and voila—beauty :)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)