Nov

21

Mud flats.

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When D and I moved this past summer, the new digs had, shall we say, a rather low-key garden. A nice flowering tree in the front, a few azaleas and rhododendrons and small conifers to frame the front door, and a lot of grass. So we decided to build some raised beds and fill them with dirt. As it turns out, it is much cheaper, on a per-unit-volume basis, to buy dirt in bulk. So when the man came with five cubic yards, it made rather the dirt pile.

The dirt pile was placed upon the gravel in the front of the house, right alongside the street. The idea being that, when we were done moving what we wanted to move around back or to elsewhere in the front, we’d knock down the pile and plant grass. Or some other ground cover. Great idea, if we’d been speedier.

Unfortunately, we weren’t quick enough. The pile stayed in the front in one form or another for months. Until, two weeks ago, we finally gave up moving anything else and knocked the fucker down. And planted grass seed. In November. The rainy season in Olympia. Needless to say, we now have a mud puddle with a bunch of unsprouted and likely decaying grass seed buried therein in our front yard. Pretty, no?

The thought now is to purchase sod. Or else see if we can get moss to intervene. Any other suggestions?


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