Happiness is installing the last boulder!!
If you are following along you might recall the circular paver patio we just completed on the lake side of Doren and Lois's house on Lake James. The next section of hardscape to complete was the boulder retaining wall on the road side. As soon as I saw the space I knew exactly what it was going to look like, what it had to look like; but it was a challenge. We had to create two grades in a small space the existing fence meant the retaining walls would be reversed to each other. Not everyone got it at first even Bill and Ryan who were building it needed a gentle nudge from me. The smaller rocks are from Uncle Floyd and home grown, they are glacial boulders. The bigger, mossy rocks you might recognize from the super slab patio we did last year, the are called Arkansas two man boulders.
The hole is ready for the columnar oak we will be planting next week. The final phase to wrap this
project up is installation of the green goods. There will be some upright evergreens, knock out roses, lots of perennials and I am leaning toward butterfly bushes or blue fothergilia .The neighbors have a traditional purple martin house and several jug style houses at the lake shore. Purple martins are known for eating thousands of mosquito's each day. Their purple wings glow iridescent when they soar in the sunlight. They have a melodic song and are rather territorial. Brings back good memories for me as my dad fancied martins and kept a couple of houses.
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