The side retaining walls were built on Wednesday

May 11, 2017 - Thursday

41 degrees/fog/calm winds

Pentoga Road

I know there's a woods on the other side of the yard, but it's so foggy this morning that I'll have to assume it's still there. As Dad used to say, "It's soupy out there." 

Sure is.

All of Wednesday was spent working either in the garden or on the garden pond. With a bit over three weeks to go until Mom's visit, I'm feeling some pressure to get these projects completed. 

I started working Wednesday morning on the retaining walls that run parallel to the waterfalls and found I had just enough treated scrap dog eared fencing material left over from a previous project.

Rocks will be placed on the fountain side of the walls, flowers and plants on the outside.

By afternoon's end, I'd applied the black mulch over the fill. As an afterthought, I ran some water down the falls.

Sure enough, Newton knew what he was talking about. Water still runs downhill.

Time was taken away from the pond project to plant three more giant pumpkin plants and two tomato plants in Walls of Water. The tomatoes were planted in pots, something new I'm trying this year. The rest of the tomatoes will be planted directly into the ground.

People have inquired about the Wall of Water. It's simply a series of red plastic tubes, all connected, that are filled with water. The tubes balance each other causing it all to stand upright. The sun heats the water in the tubes and that keeps the heat inside the enclosure, even overnight in bitterly cold temperatures.

Sargie had mentioned at one time that I should pressure wash the rocks we'll be using with the pond and falls. Since I was already filthy from working in the dirt all day, I decided I might as well add mud to the mix.

We currently have some of the cleanest rocks on Pentoga Road. They may not be flat or particularly pretty, but they are clean.

Sargie was home early last night and we enjoyed supper in front of the television. She opens today. I think I'll ride with her a few miles down the road and walk back home. 

It's gravel day on Pentoga Road. I'm going to hook up the trailer and drive to our local concrete plant to purchase a load of gravel with which to bed the rocks around the falls and pond. Gravel will also be used to cover the bottom of the pond.

Just thinking... I act as though I know what I'm doing. Believe me, I don't have a clue, just taking my time and trying one thing or the other. I've watched so many videos and read so many articles about garden ponds and I'm trying to put together what I've gleaned from each. I'll let you know how it all turns out.

Regardless, I hope to finish this current project sometime this weekend. There's too much to do and time is getting short.

After all, a man's work is never done.

So are the tales from Pentoga Road...