After setting up the pool, we created a temporary seating area to prevent debris from getting into the pool. Using soil from the pool area, we backfilled stackstone walls and covered the path beside the pool. We added outdoor mats, furniture, and a temporary shade, creating a comfortable summer oasis while we plan the final landscaping.
Category: landscaping
Coleman Pool Setup
The post describes the process of setting up a backyard pool. After considering contradictory advice, the author opted to use blocks for the pool legs, ensuring stability. The pool was assembled with ease, and minor adjustments were made during the filling process. Despite some minor issues, the pool is now in use and enjoyable.
More walls – Stackstone vs Rock
We may be done our rock walls, but we do have a few more walls to build. The remaining walls will all be built out of stack stone, which are much easier to build, though not much less labour in getting them to the location in the yard that we have to take them to….
Lively Swaths of Colour
Colour, lots of colour. That is what is coming to the yard soon. Over the last few days, we have gotten all of our barrels, planters and pots filled with beautiful flowers. We chose as many colours as we could in the hopes of splashing the greenspace with lively swaths of colour that will not…
Garden Planting ’24
The garden plans always change, as other projects and weather affect the planting schedule. Despite some challenges, the garden is mostly on track. Crops are thriving, with some adjustments still needed. The anticipation of a bountiful harvest and sharing the garden’s produce with others is high.
Weed Killer Cover Up – The sequel
Using lumber tarp paper over commercial chemical weed killers to reduce weeded areas while landscaping.
Edibles and Visions Updates
I assure you this post is about gardening and not drugs and hallucinating, despite the name. The edibles I refer to are the plants that will provide us with delicious food. The visions are our beautiful flowers that will be a vision to behold once planted. Lets start with what we have outside in the…
Dig, Dog, Dug
Our big project for this spring is putting in a pool. As mentioned before, we can’t handle the hotter and hotter summers, so we are going to combat it the way everyone else seems to…with a pool! It just a simple above-ground pool that we can setup in the yard. However, if you have been…
More Landscaping
Though we are definitely on the tail end of the landscaping to the backyard, there is still a bit to go before we get to just enjoy maintaining the yard. The terracing and building of rock walls was by far the biggest part of our landscaping adventure, but now we want to be able to…
Getting Set
Well that time of year is upon us. The living room looks like a jungle, the yard looks chaotic and despite it all, the sun is shining (most of the time) and spring is upon us. We are hoping that this is the last year of chaos in the yard. To be fair, it gets…
JK Building The Dream 