A couple of weeks ago, I went downstairs and found dried up yucky stuff in the tub...telltale signs that the water has backed up. We called the builder, and began carting our shower stuff to the guest bathroom and the extra bathroom for our showers. Although I'm extremely glad that we have the option of getting our showers elsewhere, the other shower is TINY! Imagine shaving your legs in a phone booth, and you'll get the idea what I'm dealing with lately! Our builder called us back after a day or two, estimating that he could be out to work on things by the middle of this week.
I went to our local nursery to pick up some free flower pots over the weekend, because JP warned me that the grey water lines were under my perennial bed. Last night the builder called back to give me an idea where they would be digging, and said that they would be out tomorrow morning, weather permitting. It rained all day today...nearly 1 3/4 inches all together.
So...after I got off work this evening, I picked up a pizza for dinner. I plopped the girls down in front of a netflix movie with their pizza, and got to work digging.
Here is a picture of what the perennial bed looked like in the Spring. It has filled out a bit since then.
Here is the scenario now that I have taken down half of the fence and cleared out the lower 3 feet of the bed. I hope that is enough!
Even after all that rain, the soil under the plants that I dug was only a little moist, and hard as bricks. I guess that explains why our well is not keeping up with our consumption this summer.
In a couple of weeks, I will get to plant things back all over again, and mulch again too. So. Much. Fun.
2 comments:
Oh, ouch. That's SUCH a bummer. I'm glad it's nice and cool there so your plants don't suffer too much. You didn't have to take out any of the creeping thyme, I hope?
I didn't move any thyme, but had to relocate the rose you gave me again. GRRR. It was time to divide those gladiolas anyway.
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