What would life be without a garden project?

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Of necessity, earlier this season, I had to redo my fishpond. That seemed an endless series of changes… I tried a couple of different arrangements before I hit upon the idea of my present pond… the next project was to add a retaining wall, a planter, and pave a small patio area beside the pond as well as relocate my old trellis beside the shed and transform it into a shade porch for house plants over the summer.. at the start of that I had a setback when I was stung by a wasp and my arm swelled up like a balloon! But as often is…I started to clean up and move things about to work on the shed…and finished by levelling and completing the shade porch..hmmm… then I decided to make another retaining wall for the bed behind the pond, which remains unfinished at present, plan is to make the completion of that my October focus.. because at present I’m moving perennials out of two of my beds and making room for a circular firepit…The digging is always the hard part…and trotting wheel barrow loads of soil to other parts of the garden… the circle is now complete and the central firepit is dug. next step is finding the pavers and firebrick and checking out the local salvage yard for a metal ash pan….perferably circular… (a basin of some sort to fit in the bottom of the pit)..then persuade my cousin to weld together a rebar wood grate, also circular, and a frame for the firescreen. the pit which is thirty inches in diameter will be lined with the firebrick…then the ash pan and wood grate with a firescreen overtop..the floor of the larger circle will be pea gravel and the sides (it is sunk about 10" below grade) will be ringed with flagstone… cushions will be required for seating while roasting marshmallows and enjoying the cool autumn nights… will have to purchase some lovely russet potatoes and roast them in the pit…but there will be no barbequeing or cooking of meat. That’s the next project!! I plan to build a barbeque and outdoor oven…..wellll maybe. I still have a trellis and 2 obelisks to make, and a repair to the garden bench to complete the summer’s task list. It’s good to be busy.

• 28 Aug, 2008
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