2014 Flower Garden

The flowers are planted! First, I had to refill the garden with miracle grow dirt.

Then I leveled the dirt off.

Next I placed a sprinkling soaker hose on the garden 

I formed my children into planting crews.

And we planted 180 flowers between the front beds and the back yard beds.

Fixing the lamp post

This spring my boys were enjoying a game of laser tag and someone swung around the lamp post and knocked it a few degrees off plumb. The tilt is hardly noticeable, but I notice it and wanted to fix it. I didn't just want to push the lamp back into spot, I wanted to create a better foundation that might prevent the lamp from moving in the future.

First thing I did was to build a frame that would hold the lamp post in place.

Then I dug out the base of the lamp inside the garden.

I slid half cinder blocks under the base of the 5 gallon pale holding the post.

Then, on top that base I built up a foundation with more cinder blocks.

Then I dumped concrete into the foundation to serve as the glue that will hold the foundation together.

That should hold the lamp post in place. I pity the guy in the future who ever might need to remove this lamp post!