With final sign off in the books and the raining season officially over, we are finally able to start landscaping Timber Cove! First up, the steps for the deck towards the ocean and putting in some flagstone on the south side of the house for a little patio with a BBQ, an outdoor table and maybe two wooden chairs for Martin and I to enjoy our coffee. We were planning to outsource the steps and flagstone, but I figured I could manage the landscaping... it was only 400 square feet. I had it covered.
Or at least I thought so. The project began with grading the two areas last week and we decided to head up for just a night to check it out and get the materials ordered for the steps and patio. Somehow my 400 square foot area of grading by the house became 3,300 square feet over three terraces. And worse, or at least more shocking, those 3,300 are now just leveled off spans of bare dirt in the midst of a lush meadow and forest. It looks like a scar to our otherwise natural environment.
Martin can’t stop looking at the scar and sighing (and may or
may not have shed a little tear in a moment of quiet by himself). The kids love
running in the dirt, kicking up dust every time. And I keep trying to figure
out a way to fix it. Because we need to get this fixed ASAP and unfortunately
plants take forever to grow here due to the winds, fog and salt water air. This
is way too much for me to handle alone: in terms of time, cost and expertise. I
need to bring in an expert.
So like all things in life, I have thrown money at the problem. I just signed up for Yardzen (which fun side note, I actually know the founders from right after college, but didn’t realize it until after signing up), and am anxiously awaiting both their plans and for the grass to start re-growing. We have a few weeks before heading back up there so hopefully something will magically change by then.
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