Fish's Bone Blocks

Recently, J. and I took advantage of a wonderfully sunny and warm Saturday to work in the yard.  We managed to relocate six japanese maples.  They now live where the blackberries were just a few short weeks ago.  The trees are spaced far enough from the sidewalk to leave room for a truck to back up to the front door.  The idea is that we'll lay bricks in a three-foot area on either side of the walk for the rare occasion that we do need to drive there.

I tested a small area by laying out the bricks that we have to get a sense of what it would look like.

I think that it will be quite beautiful when it's complete, but for now, we are firmly in the research and development phase.

Chart o' Graph

My mapping experience is coming along.  Taking and recording measurements stretches my spacial-reasoning muscles.  It's a solitary activity that, unsurprisingly, I quite enjoy.  The process of checking, double checking, and checking back again for the sake of precision and accuracy is satisfying.

Conversion, or, A Little More of the Same

After a bit more measuring, I have the front and side yard mapped out.  I kind of wish that I had surveying skills so that I knew how to make the proper accommodations for the raise in elevation.  Our lot is actually more rectangular, without the jut-out to the right, but for my garden plotting purposes, this "floor plan" will do.

...the Ground Up

Last year's garden grew leaps and bounds over the year before.  I intend for this year to be even better than last (weather permitting of course).  A detailed plan should help us get the most bang for our time and effort.  Hopefully more purposely protected beds will keep deer from being an issue.  Also, I'd like to streamline the watering (yes... pun intended) with either sprinklers or drip lines.

Little by little, I will be making sketches of our corner lot and converting them to usable to-scale drawings.  Yesterday, I plotted the area between the house and the sidewalk along the southern corner of the house.