Two rows of rock and one sore amateur mason
Good grief! Those things are heavy. But I've got a start. My friend Dan says the stones will tell me where they want to go but I must be stone deaf.
Two and a half rows so far.
This is about 4 afternoons of solo work in 90 degree temperatures.
I don't have enough rocks but I'm only going to make a crescent shape. I hope that traffic, and particularly garbage trucks, will stay on the stones.
I'd like something to grow in the cracks.
The "dirt" is Georgia red clay, mixed with years of pine needle mulch compacted by bi-weekly compaction by garbage truck and seem harder than the granite. My Zimmer friend suggested I get a mason's hammer. I did, my only expense so far (other than band-aids). The irony is that I use the hammer on the red clay instead of the rocks. I hope the soil inside the rut band is a little softer.
I was hoping for the Tom Sawyer effect (isn't it fun painting the fence) but I'm getting the Little Red Hen effect instead. Neighbors drive and walk by and give me kind encouragement but no volunteers yet. Well, that's not true. One friend said if he lived on Reeder, he'd be happy to help. No complaints from me though. This is truly a crazy thing to be doing.
Today's random thought list:
- The stones vary in thickness so every "dig" is a different depth. I wish there were the same depth. I'm putting the thickest next to the curb.
- I'd like a load of topsoil for between the rocks and the center of the circle.
- Maybe a tiller would help in the clay.
- What to plant?
- What will grow between the stones?
- What kind of mess will I have when it rains?
- Will the curb jumpers stay on the rocks?