For your amusement: Recent garden project finished (Dial-up warning!)

[Call Me Wesley]

We decided to turn a part of our garden into a stone garden. Before, there was a little overgrown pond with an adjacent jungle. Here's a shot of what it looked like before. The work started then, so that's explaining the mess (the tube on the right belongs to the koi pond coming from the UV-light):



That's how the garden angle looked after the plants were moved and transplanted elsewhere:



Then, on the dirt came sand, and someone left their footprints:





After the sand came the foil:



Then came the pebbles, one ton so far, not counting the boulders we moved:



Ginger wanted more pebbles, so add another ton:



And here's what it looks right now - still a bit empty, but there will be some greens in it, and I put up a long Tibetan Prayer flag yesterday:



The little pond will get some enhancements, too, besides the lotos flower. There will be a waterfall and mist machine for ponds:



All in all, we're pretty happy with the outcome.

[Haole Girl]

1. It looks great!

Does it make that area look a lot bigger, or is it just the angle of the pic? :-)

[Call Me Wesley]

3. It does make it look bigger

and way brighter. There's still some work to do along it, but we're really happy how it turned out. :hi:

[lost-in-nj]

2. Very nice

Its beautiful!!!!!
Looks peaceful, a nice place to think



lost

[Call Me Wesley]

5. Thank you!

The stone bench was my gardener's idea, since we had the right stones for it. Every day he worked on it, he had to sit down on it. Even just today, when he brought the bill. ;)

[Ptah]

4. Bravo!

That reminds me of a Japanese garden in Lethbridge, Alberta.

What a wonderful transition,
and I'm glad for you that Bigfoot stopped by to help.

:thumbsup:

:hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

6. LOL! Bigfoot? I thought it was Robinson Crusoe!

Thank you, my friend.

There will be a marble Buddha statue in front of it and a few bamboo plants in it; perhaps a mimosa pudica behind the statue. And this for the pond:

[wildhorses]

7. like a zen garden?

very tranquil and peaceful. looks wonderful, already :hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

8. Thank you!

I'm no Zen Buddhist, and I won't rake patterns in the pebbles. ;)

But yes, it is a tranquil spot (Ginger loves the stone bench), and with the prayer flag there's motion to contemplate. :hug:

[zanne]

9. I love it.

The cat is a nice touch.

[Call Me Wesley]

10. The cat is the rightful king.

Look at this:



;)

Thank you!:hi:

[terrya]

11. I'm glad Ginger had some input!

:-)

Seriously, the stone garden is beautiful, CMW.

[Call Me Wesley]

12. Thank you.

He always reminded us of cleaning up afterwards:



We do like it, and with a few enhancements it even will look better.

:hug:

[Esra Star]

16. The cat is saying.....

That's enough, now pay attention to me.....

[Call Me Wesley]

18. Oh, he gets plenty, plenty of attention.

And he deserves it, of course. :hi:

[Esra Star]

28. This one strayed in and completely took over. Fortunately the

real slaves were able to be found after about two weeks.

[marzipanni]

33. Thanks for watching out for the little wayfarer

A neighbor did that for my cat, and therefore me, 25 years ago when I had just moved to a new place and my cat insisted on going outside even though it was raining all night. He spent three weeks a few houses away until an alert neighbor, who had put my "lost cat" flyer on her fridge, realized the cat on the flyer was the one who had been pilfering the cat food under the deck of her neighbor, so she called me.
I was so happy and relieved to get him back!

[Call Me Wesley]

35. Gorgeous cat!

I'm sure he took over in no time! :)

[SeattleGirl]

13. Nice job!

It looks great!

[Call Me Wesley]

14. Thank you!

I'll post pics when it's more finished, but it was raining the last days. :hug:

[RevolutionaryActs]

15. Wow, it's beautiful!

:bounce:

[Call Me Wesley]

17. Can you imagine that I buried Toby there?

:rofl:

Thank you! :hug:

[RevolutionaryActs]

19. Oh, you're a mean one.

I hope your muscles hurt really bad! :P:P:P:P


:rofl:

[Call Me Wesley]

20. Oh, they did, they did.

It's not that I'm moving two tons of stones every day ...

;)

[RevolutionaryActs]

21. Pffttt... wuss

:rofl:

[Call Me Wesley]

22. LOL!

I'm not!

I made all the pebbles myself - out of a mountain. So ... :P

[RevolutionaryActs]

23. Nooooo not the Alps! Where the people ski?

:o

[Call Me Wesley]

24. Uhm, not here anymore I guess.

The Netherlands with its high mountains?

[u4ic]

25. I didn't think your home could be any more beautiful

I was proven wrong.

It looks wonderful! :hi:



And you've even got a gnome!


:hide:

[Call Me Wesley]

29. Thank you!

LOL @ the gnome. It's a Chinese figure for luck (it's no Buddha at all.) There will be a real marble Buddha statue soon there. ;)

:hi:

[hippywife]

26. Absolutely gorgeous!

But then with Ginger overseeing the work, what can one expect but the very best!

[Call Me Wesley]

30. He's a great garden architect.

But his calls for more and more pebbles didn't helped my back really. :)

[enigmatic]

27. That looks sweet, bro

What's the size of your garden? You did a beautiful job....

[Call Me Wesley]

31. Thank you, bro!

:hi: The garden itself is quite small, I guess it's about 22 square meters, all in all.

[Rosie1223]

32. From a dial-up user

That was well worth the wait! You have a beautiful garden.

[Call Me Wesley]

34. Thank you for looking!

:hi: Sorry about the dial-up.

But since we finished it, it's raining of course. :(

[El Fuego]

36. Awesome! You've got a talent for this!

It's like one of those TV shows. :)

[Call Me Wesley]

38. LOL! Home Improvement?

;) Thank you! :hi:

[bertha katzenengel]

37. LOL Ginger wanted more pebbles.

:hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

39. I think he wanted them just to see

me carrying them! :hi:

[Shine]

40. Wow, it's gorgeous!! Well done.

:applause: what a peaceful oasis you've created for yourselves and Ginger, too, of course. :hug: :hi: :loveya:

[Call Me Wesley]

42. The oasis is getting rained on since a few days ...

But yes, it's very nice and will be totally finished soon. :hug:

[LoZoccolo]

45. Oasis?

That's interesting, because this thread reminds me of one of their songs:

Maybe
I don't really wanna know
How your garden grows
Baby I just wanna fly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9GiLnZyUgM

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

41. Wow!

I feel calmer just looking at it! And you did it without a TV show to help you :)

[Call Me Wesley]

43. I had a gardener whose work I knew before.

There was no Martha Stewart involved in it! :rofl:

[EstimatedProphet]

44. A Tibetan prayer flag!

We just bought one yesterday! I'd love to see a pic if you have one.

[BarenakedLady]

46. Beautiful!

Looks like a nice relaxing space.

:loveya:

[FloridaJudy]

47. Gorgeous!

Very Zen, and after all your hard work it looks easy to maintain (no mowing, no pesticides). I'm envious!