Rock it

On By CarynIn Garden

The idea started when I noticed that the grape hyacinth bulbs were poking up out of the ground. Not in a growing way, but that the soil was washing away. We have leftover native stone from the back porch project, so I hauled some rock to the front yard to redefine the flower bed and make a soil stop to keep the dirt from washing away.

Photo description: an almost before picture. I just started digging out the exposed hyacinth bulbs and realized I should take a picture. The old bed was outlined with brick.
Photo description: end of day one. The brick is gone and the new line of the flower bed has been set with stone.
Photo description: end of day two. The entire front bed has been lined with flagstone. This is the opposite view looking back toward the driveway.
Photo description: angry frog. This leopard frog was not happy that I took the lid off his home.

I’ve ordered some additional grape hyacinth and will replant the bulbs I removed and the new bulbs in the next stage, along with cleaning up the original bed area.