bricklayer

A couple of months ago Charlie and I had the great idea to edge part of the driveway with bricks. When the driveway was gravel, it blended in with the planting beds just fine. Having it paved created a very crisp line where the driveway edges are. Suddenly the transition from asphalt to mulch looked, well, messy. Plus the chickens have a habit of scratching around and flinging dirt in search of bugs. When Mom was here last summer she lined the outer edge of the driveway with fist-sized rocks she scavenged from our yard. It looks fantastic, but we had run out of a ready supply of rocks.We figured that a subtle natural looking edging of bricks would solve both the transition and the dirt-flinging.

you can see the line of mom's rocks in the background

Charlie helped with the first portion next to the house. We laid a straight line from the edge of the porch. We reclaimed a little triangular bit of driveway to be used as an extension of the garden bed. The straight line of bricks just looked so much better. That task still remains: to dig out the old gravel and put in a bit of dirt. Charlie even picked out a little japanese maple to plant once it's complete.


I did about a quarter of the main circle a week or so ago and then kept putting it off. Mona came over the other day and inspired me to get moving, and with her help we got the entire thing done in one day. Now I just have to order a truck load of mulch to make it look lovely.

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Since the chickens have been pretty lax about laying eggs in the coop, I had to buy some eggs for breakfast. This morning I had one of Henrietta's eggs and one from the store. The difference in appearance was amazing! When you have store eggs on their own they don't look bad at all. But put next to a fresh egg from a chicken that eats tons of greens and corn the store eggs look positively anemic.

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Eggs laid in the coop today: 2
Eggs found in the woods today: 0