7/13/11

and finally an update from today

We got a pine tree from Shelly and Jared - straight from the forests of WY.

so we slaved away all day to make it a good home in our front yard!



We discovered that our yard is made up of 1 inch of topsoil, 2 feet of rock, and then ya find the clay. So needless to say, it was a TOUGH dig. I just hope that he can grow in such bad soil.



We figured we could use the rocks - so we washed as many as we could and put them in the front rock bed.

I had planned to cement a large area here in the front, but we decided that if we follow the Dave Ramsey Total Money Makeover, that this was a project that could wait. It was a want and not a need. So for now I will fill it with as many rocks as I can collect.

2 comments:

The Suzzzz said...

The tree looks like a ponderosa and they do well in rocky and clay soil. Deep water it once a week in the evenings for the fist 2 months and you should be golden. I would stake it through the winter and remove the stakes next summer.

Mindy :) said...

Thanks suzanne!