Greetings and salutations, everyone; yes, once again it is I, Mani the purebred border collie, filling in for the guy I live with, and here today to talk about the flagstone paths.
You may remember me from such posts as “Clearing The Path”, among at least a few others.
Here I am in a characteristic pose.
It’s become obvious by now that the ramp is falling apart, and needs to be replaced. The guy I live with says plywood is expensive but maybe he’ll find what he needs at not too exhorbitant a price.
They say that southern Colorado is supposed to get a massive amount of rain tomorrow, and that we might get some, but the guy I live with is dubious. In any case, he said it’s time to unhook the hoses, which were used to water new plants in the “way back” garden and the enclosure.
So today, without any talk about any creatures beginning with the letter B, the guy I live with suddenly decided to uncover all the flagstone in the path on the north side of the garden. He said that it was important for people to have something to do, and so he did something.
The layout of the flagstone was done by his wife, and they laid the flagstone together. I hear it was a lot of work.
The piece in the foreground needs to be repositioned; pine roots have caused it to heave.
That one piece in the lower right came from in back, somewhere, and needs to be set into the ground.
He still isn’t sure what to do with that area where the flagstone is; maybe just plant some native grasses.
The dwarf conifer in the blue pot dried out too much and was badly damaged, which made the guy I live with unhappy. He can be pretty self-critical.
There’s an issue here: that little pine in the green pot, Pinus flexilis ‘Blackfoot’, has rooted into the ground, and it needs to be planted in the garden. That will be quite a bit of work.
So that’s it for today. The path is now twice as wide. I know I’ll appreciate it; I do a lot of running on this path.
Until next time, then.
Wow, gold star to the man you live with, Mani. Having personally installed 8 tons of flagstone at my old house long ago, I know what a chore moving that stuff can be. I’m sure I couldn’t do it now but always enjoyed walking on those paths back in the day.
He says thanks. It took him quite a while to scrape all the vegetation that had covered the flagstones; he was surprised at how much.
It all started when he began to wonder why the path was so narrow.
I totally get it. My paths wound through plumbago and it went a bit nuts spreading around the flagstone. I had to trim it back every year.
The guy I live with tried pussytoes between the flagstone, and thyme, too. Complete failures. There is some buffalo grass growing between the flagstone here and there, but it makes shoveling snow hard work.
Originally I planted thyme but I’m too stingy with water and it didn’t last long. The plumbago however thrived…a bit too much in some places.
The guy I live with said the only thymes that do well here, without constant watering, are too high to be planted between flagstones.
Buffalo grass is dormant by the time shoveling is required, so it’s usually no trouble.
A fine path! You’re a good pup to appreciate it.
Will The Guy plant out the ‘Blackfoot’ now, or wait until winter passes? (I have a lovely little ‘Cherokee’ that I should move before a neighboring Woodward juniper starts crowding it.) Will the pot be sacrificed in the process?
Thanks. It looks so much better now. It was really narrow before.
I’m not sure when the planting will take place. It’s possible that the pot will have to be cracked, which is a pity because it’s a high-quality glazed pot. It’s been in that place for about fifteen years.
Toetally kewl twice as wide pathway fore you Mani! Guy you did grate!!! HURRAH fore rain…wee gettin rain up heer today…furinallee….it’s sorta warm but sorta kewl an furry damp (OKay it ISS rainy…butt you nose what mee meenss rite?)
No one nose what to wear. Wee 4 leggedss allwayss get that rite! 😉 Glad no BEE around to meow an woof about….
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We got hardly any rain at all. 0.02 inches. The guy I live withwas very disappointed, like everyone in Denver who was “promised” rain.
It’s cool here, but not damp.
Wee gotted so much rain…iss still rainin heer tontie Mani an Guy…if wee cuud send it back to you; we wuud!!!!
The guy I live with says it’s not supposed to rain here for at least a couple of weeks now.