The Hard (but cheap) Way to Border a Flowerbed!

A few years ago we had the opportunity to go out to an old homestead and take out some of the wood from the home, some of the plant materials from the yard and some of the rocks. Gorgeous flagstones!! We were able to do this because they were going to be mining on the property although not the house and yard. After that the entire acreage was closed off. The mining was completed a year or two ago. Laurence got permission this last week to go back in and get some more rocks, but this time we were after the rocks that the people had brought in to use for retaining walls etc. I was so glad we'd been there before, otherwise we'd never have realized the potential under all the weeds! Laurence had to clear away the limbs etc. so we could get in. (I was really busy taking pictures:).

It's hard to believe that there is an entire retaining wall under all those bushes and grass!!

Part of the wall was cemented together. It's hard to believe all the hard work they did 100 years ago! (I think the mom must have been a strong, determined woman!)

You can see the dragline in the background.
This was when we were about half done. By the time we left the pickup was riding pretty low. These will make a great border around our enlarged flower bed. More on that in a later post..... The homestead is about 1 1/2 miles off the county road, but boy is it a treacherous one now. But the scenery is incredible!