Full Metal Landscaping!

I took most of yesterday off, much needed, and did some digging in my yard. I call it my yard even though I rent and the landlords usually take care of all that. I have adopted the area outside of my kitchen window, and my ambitiousness keeps growing. I started out planning on putting a couple of paving stones outside the window to keep the rain from flinging dirt up and blocking our little bit of sun. When I asked the landlords if that was ok, they said to go ahead and use the bricks in the garage. So I did, and I did it right. Leveled the ground, laid weed fabric, threw down some sand, laid the brick and added more sand, which I swept into the cracks. It turned out beautifully, but the rest of the area is left with lumpy clay dirt, so now I feel that I have to continue with my landscaping efforts.

Yesterday I dug up a bunch of pavers that were at different angles but originally meant to section off the area from the grass. So I followed the above procedure and made them all nice and even. Now all I need is some green and some artful rock formations. There is also the crest of a large boulder sticking out of the ground in this area, so I plan to make a little zen garden with this as the centerpoint. What else do you do when you have a large boulder and a lot of shade? You make a rock and sand garden surrounded by moss. Sounds good to me! (I sound like my mother :(

So, library news: I had my final library program for the old library yesterday. Only one girl came to watch Full Metal Alchemist with me, but we had a good time and chatted quite a bit about books at the end. I found out that she was visiting from up North, and didn't have a lot to do at her relative's house, so I gave her a book from the stash of SRP prizes. She chose Love Roma (manga) and Emily the Strange.