The landscape people are gone and Dwight and I are on our own now. The work that Inside-Out Design did for us exceeded all our expectations. But now it is our turn. We have worked like dogs every night after working all day. Planting, hauling rocks, mulching and my least favorite thing, watering. Dwight and Bruce built the pea gravel patio/sitting area and my vegetable bed is all finished and planted. Bruce has been a great manual laborer and he has a few more hours to do to finish paying off his fraternity dues.
The rain garden is finished and we are filling in around the edges with hostas we salvaged from before we started as well as some given to us by our neighbor. Most of the plants that we hilled in did amazingly well and my Oak Leaf Hydrangea looks awesome! Pictures to follow.
One thing I especially love are the instructions for the fountain care: Use a toothbrush to clean out the stains and algae. I told Dwight to be sure to have fun with that. Surely there is some algae-B-gone we can buy rather than having to use a toothbrush. All in all it is beautiful and we love it so far. Sitting on the patio with a nice glass of wine listening to the fountain and looking at the beautiful landscape has made the stiff back and sore legs, dirty fingernails and blisters all worth it!
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