Landscaping

 Time out from posting about our garden!

We bought Terry a new riding mower last year for his birthday in order to make mowing easier for him.  Enough said, there is a post about the reason for the purchase on the blog last year.

Our property still had a number of places that required Terry to use the walk behind gas mower.  This chore made it difficult for him to breathe.  It didn't help that Pennsylvania has such high humidity too.

We decided to hire a landscaper to redesign the large area that required hand mowing.

We hired "Earth's Edge", a father and son team from Jonestown.  Here a line is being marked for the new area. The slope of the yard to the fence line is impossible to mow with the riding mower and more than Terry should mow by hand.

Step two:  Edging the area.  Too late to change our minds now.

Step three: This team thinks of everything!  Here they are installing a metal barrier to prevent any mulch from washing through the fence.

Step four: Spraying to kill the grass.  After a week, they came back to check the area and spray the second time to insure nothing new would sprout. 

Last day: The men  raked up the dead grass and cleared the debris from the area. Now it was time to start spreading the mulch.  

It's remarkable how quickly and efficiently these two work. This area is seven by  about seventy feet. Next spring we plan on planting Hydrangeas and Dwarf Butterfly Bushes if we can find the type we want.  A total of five or six bushes should be ideal. 

The job is finished!  We are very pleased.  Check this blog in the spring to see what is being planted to finish this project.