Here are the steps down into the secret garden. I am going to leave the blocks a little scattered because in my mind I see one day there will be ground cover between the blocks and the steps and some crawling, vine-like flowers flowing over the blocks. Then the blocks will just kind of poke out between the leaves and flowers. Hey, its my vision. You don't have to see it now. You can see it in a post a year or two down the road.
In the little secret garden area, I have my little system going. On the right you can see where I am digging terraces for the planting beds. The large flat rock in the bottom right of this picture actually is the marker for where the water will flow over the edge from the water fall. Yeah, a waterfall. I am putting a waterfall in the secret garden. There is also going to be a secret path and a few little secret statues hidden in the foliage. Am I still the only one who sees this without laughing? Just wait!
Ethan and I built the rock screen on the right. I didn't measure one board! It is just perfect. The little red wagon slides under the screen and catches almost all of the fine soil that falls through. It is at just the right angle to get all of the fine soil separeted from the rocks. The rocks slide down to the bottom. I haul the rocks away to use for an underground drain at the side of the house. The fine soil gets shoveled into the wheel barrow Where it is mixed with some spagnam peat moss. This mixture is then shoveled right back into the bed ready for planting when the walls go in. The larger rocks that I find under the ground are being set aside for the water fall and the wall.
I just love it when a plan comes together. This is about an hour and a halfs worth of work on the beds and steps. Just perfect for a weekday evening after work.
