Garden Pic Wednesday: The Finished Landscape Wall!
It's finally done--the beautification project is complete! Three of us worked on the retaining wall: myself, my hubby and our young Air Force friend, Kullin. Kullin did the heavy ax work on some very thick roots that were in the way. One pine root was at least 5 inches thick! The whole project took about 3 hours. Kullin & my hubby. So we went from this: To this: Ah, so much better! The mounds of green are Asparagus Fern Or more properly called Sprengeri. (pronounced: springer-rye) The spikey plants are a type of Bromeliad that produces rather exotic blossoms in spring. I've also planted Liriope grass, which I have lots of, around the base of both pines and up their sides to help keep the soil in place. But this project used only half the blocks---next week I'll have picture of wh...