Trees

Last week a man and his wife dug and transplanted four Junipers (which they called ‘cedars’) and four Piñons into the long berm along my southern property line (photo left, wherein you can see part of the neighbor's house). These will shield me from the view of the stuff stashed behind my neighbor’s house and provide shelter for birds. They have an old military surplus truck with an electric hoist mounted on it to load and unload the trees, but dug the holes (together, I might add) by hand and schlepped the trees in a wheelbarrow.This week the professional landscapers constructed a Colorado flagstone patio. They carefully cut each stone so that it meshes tightly (more tightly than I expected) with each adjacent stone. On Friday they set these stone in a story of crusher fines and water.

They also planted four 8’ blue Spruce trees, two in the berm on the north side of the house (pictured right) and four on the west side.Since the trees were bigger, they required bigger holes, and since they had a skid loader (Bobcat), they simply removed part of the berm with the bucket, placed the tree with the loader, then returned the dirt around each tree with the bucket loader and shovel. (They will also cost a lot more per tree than the junipers.)All that digging exposed more rock, of course. So I had to rake out the rocks (of course). That gave me plenty of exercise for the day. Oh, and while we had the power equipment here I removed a stump for my neighbor, which mostly consisted of wrapping a chain around it so the Bobcat could lift it out of the ground.

I still have some paths to gravel and a few flagstones left over to use for stepping stones. Plus I want to plant some shrubs, but that will have to wait until I’ve paid the landscape bill and see if there are any funds remaining.

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