05 Jun 20:
Landscaping and hardscaping continues, another trip to Lowes to gather 12 pavers, 12 bags of pea gravel and 4 bags of river rock. Plus more potting soil, plant caddies, and a few pieces of St Augustine sod. Before we went to Lowes though, we needed to shave a yak, in the form of repurposing the old Drascombe Lugger sole from ONKAHYE into a deck that could be laid over the bunks on one of the boat trailers, turning it into a utility trailer. More pictures on that later, but we screwed 1x6 deckboards every few feet underneath the old sole to act as crossplanks and tie it all together, then we lashed the entire thing to the trailer bunks. It worked out great, we loaded about 1000 pounds of stuff onto the deck, all wrapped up in a tarp. Strapped everything down with cargo straps and line, Skipper complimented my excessive use of securing accoutrements.
Fancied up the perimeter of the Medicine Wheel Deck and Carriage House, just in time for Tropical Storm Cristobal. More sod on the way Tuesday, delivered, woo hoo! The plants include citronella and lemongrass, known to shoo off skeeters, or mozzies as our Brit friend Murray calls them, and other bugs. Wisteria on either end with grapes on the middle two posts. Our idea that the wisteria and grapes would provide shade in the Summer has worked out great, and then go dormant over the Winter and open up for more sun. The grapes also feed the salamanders, we even get a few if we are fast enough. Not to give all the shade credit to the wisteria and grapes though, the massive southern yellow pine tree does its part. The location of the Carriage house was developed to incorporate the tree into the aerial footprint of the shed, along with two others on the street side.
We should get a separate address for the Carriage House in case you want to send post cards. In the meantime we store garden tools inside of our signal flag mailbox, and that handrail/doorstop might be a good spot for a garden hose holder...if only we had the DIY skills, we could make one!
Log of The Carriage House
