Spring Projects Commence

 It's that time of year again, the weather is warming up, lots of work to be done preparing for the season of gardening...but, it is much more fun to build and create.  

Looking down on the patio

I found another old barn foundation and asked for the limestone blocks.  Asking is the easy part!  Retrieving them, moving them and using them is the much more difficult part.  These limestone rocks are beauties!  I'm not sure exactly what they will be used for - maybe around the fire pit area as a barrier?  Who knows, but they definitely will be repurposed.   I brought one load home, but there is still more to get.  We've gotten plenty of rain so far this spring, but the ground was dry today, so the man with the equipment came over and moved some concrete pieces so work could commence on the patio and fire ring even if the ground was soft.  Many of these pieces aren't too large and can be maneuvered by hand.  There are still some big pieces buried in the concrete pile, and there is still a large pile left.  So much concrete!  Where else can I put it?

Raised beds under the wind turbine.

Another project started last fall and not finished were raised beds.  I am using the smaller concrete pieces to pave a walkway alongside the beds and leave the centers open for plantings of perennials like strawberries, rhubarb, asparagus and whatever else comes to mind.  I was able to haul some concrete pieces up here, but other than that not much work was done.  My muscles are looking forward to my Monday morning desk job.  Until next weekend...