Since I put in the driveway garden, the north side of it had plastic, pound in edging to separate the grass (weeds) and the pea stone. I knew it wasn't a long-term solution, and sure enough, over the winter part of it heaved badly. No, I had not yet touched the edging in that first picture:
A week ago Saturday, I stopped at a BBS to pick up some light duty landscape timbers. Sunday I started the project by pulling out the edging, raking back the pea gravel, and removing the sod.
The extension cord was for drilling holes in the timbers so I could drive in rebar to help stabilize and keep them in place.
I got all the timbers put into place and back filled the outside. Well, except for the last 8' piece by the propane tanks. That area of the ground was still frozen as it is in full shade.
Yesterday, after returning home from getting my shot, I was able to work the ground to put in the last timber
I have to get pea stone that matches what is already in there. So far I haven't found any, but the home and garden stores are just getting in their yard supplies. I'll let the timbers rest for a couple of weeks before staining them to match the stain on the tiers.
You missed your calling. You should have become a landscape architect. Super, what you are doing!
At one time, I bought some plastic edging (each piece about 1' long); but, eventually, gave it away. All of our edgings are steel. Difficult to work with, but they stay in the ground. (Of course, we don't get the extreme winters that you get.)
I should take more after you. As long as the pea gravel isn't too dark, I don't worry too much about not being able to match. Do I have to do that? lol
Posted by: Cop Car | April 11, 2021 at 09:27 AM
Nah, doesn't have to match. I'm more picky about the front section that faces the street. See the 4th picture, under the tree, the temporary stones I placed there really stick out. That stone isn't really what I would call pea gravel anyway, it is more jagged, but it was all I could find at short notice.
It would help if I planned these things out. I hadn't originally planned on digging out the turf below the tree, but decided it would be much easier, to do that as to lay timbers in the pattern that was already there (see second picture).
Posted by: bogie | April 12, 2021 at 03:46 AM