buried treasure
Aug. 30th, 2019 09:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
boxofdelightsI want to make a raised bed on the south side of my house, between the house and the driveway. I'll grow basil there, and lettuce in spring before the basil crowds it out. I'll put a frame around it so I can cover it during the first frost, and keep growing during the warm weeks we get after the first frost.
When I dug into the spot, I discovered an old flagstone sidewalk, under three inches of dirt. I managed to pull out two of the flagstones, but the next one on either side is pinned into place by tree roots. The trees were weed trees that I cut down in previous years, but they aren't dead yet, and even when they are it will take a while longer for the root system to rot away.
I can make my raised bed a little shorter than I had planned.
I worry about how to direct excess water away from my foundation. The soil level on that side is three inches higher than when the sidewalk was put down, the driveway is a few inches higher than that, and the neighbor's yard is six inches higher than my driveway. It is a puzzle.
Still, I got two flagstones!
When I dug into the spot, I discovered an old flagstone sidewalk, under three inches of dirt. I managed to pull out two of the flagstones, but the next one on either side is pinned into place by tree roots. The trees were weed trees that I cut down in previous years, but they aren't dead yet, and even when they are it will take a while longer for the root system to rot away.
I can make my raised bed a little shorter than I had planned.
I worry about how to direct excess water away from my foundation. The soil level on that side is three inches higher than when the sidewalk was put down, the driveway is a few inches higher than that, and the neighbor's yard is six inches higher than my driveway. It is a puzzle.
Still, I got two flagstones!
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Date: 2019-08-31 06:08 pm (UTC)(It’s somehow reassuring that even weedy tree rots will outlast us.)