THE JANITORIAL

Landscaping Project #1...

Josh and I have wanted to replace the mulch in our landscaping since the day it was laid down. It was not the highest quality, was not the best looking stuff, and got all over the sidewalk, porch, lawn, and our house! About a month and a half ago we went to a local landscaping supply store and found some rocks that we really like but decided to wait until closer to summer.

On Friday and Saturday our neighbor replaced his mulch and every time we drove by his house we got more excited about doing our own landscaping. So after getting some advice from our families on Easter we decided we were going to get moving on it sooner rather than later. Little did Josh know I was thinking pretty soon. We both had the Monday after Easter off and no plans. I started calling some places suggested by our families a little before 9:00 am and found out that if we ordered soon they could deliver same day! I got Josh up and we decided to do it. By 9:15 am our rocks were ordered. We were at my parents house in Lakeville by 10:15 am to borrow a wheelbarrow and shovels and by the time we got home our rocks were sitting in the driveway. We started a little before 11:00 am and worked straight through (minus a short lunch break) and were done by 4:00 pm. We are both completely sore and I really wished today that I had a desk job but it was worth it. Here are some pictures of our handy work.

We filled numerous wheelbarrows full of this mulch that Josh hauled away

Cleared of mulch

Cleared of mulch

Cleared of mulch

Josh working hard

Dave enjoyed his day of laying in the sun watching us work

This is the rock pile, I would say this is a little under half of what we started with

The other side of the house cleared of mulch

Josh working again

Dave not working

Side of the house finished

Close up of the rocks

More finished rock

More finished rock

More finished rock

 And now we rest...
-Heidi