"Echoes of Eden" Dayle King Searle

While the flowers in this bed look lovely, the line between the bed and the lawn isn't well defined.           In the back of our house we have three planting beds that sit several feet off the patio and create a wall between the entertaining area and the play area. When we first installed the beds, we edged them with a shallow trench. This worked well when the beds were new and the plants small. But now the beds have filled in, and the line between beds and lawn has become blurred and difficult to maintain.          We decided to edge the beds with pavers that match the patio. In addition to defining the line between bed and lawn, the pavers would act as a mowing strip, keeping the need of weed whacking at a minimum.

     Last spring our daughter, Madi, announced she was getting married in September. We were thrilled. Her fiancé is a wonderful guy, and we know they'll make a great couple.      Madi also told us she wanted to have her wedding reception in our backyard. That was great too because it gave us a good excuse to tackle all of the projects we've been wanting to do in our yard but that got put on the back burner while we worked on other people's yards. That's what happens when you're a landscape designer.      I thought it would be fun to share on my blog the projects we work do, starting with the one we finished last week--redoing our paver patio.    

     My previous post generated the question of how to use the three compartments in the compost bin my son built for me.      I will answer that question, but first I'm going to take a moment to wax eloquent about compost in general.

If you're looking for a project for your garden, check out the compost bin my son built for me last summer.