RE: Yahoo! Briefcase: kmrsy's file(s)

Well my dear you did a GREAT job - take a bow!!

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From: "Kitty"<kmrsy@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 06:05:16 -0800

>Melody,
>Yes, I built the timberwalk myself; it wasn't really hard.  I had the timbers
>delivered precut to 4 foot lengths. In the picture you can see the layers. 
>killed grass, landscape fabric, stone, timbers.  The stone was for 2 reasons:
>drainage because that side of the house had a tendency to be wet and I planned
>to raise the soil level on both sides so the walk had to be higher.
>
>My lot is 60 feet wide and the house takes 40 ft of that, so 10 ft left on
>each side.  Not a lot you can do with 10 ft except mow it, so I just got rid
>of the grass and did this.  I need the 4 ft width to move things to and from
>the front and back yards.  
>
>I've had women say, "Oh, I wish I could get my husband to build me a walk like
>that."  I tell 'em there's no reason you can't do it yourself.  It took the
>above mentioned materials, a level, basic hand tools, and one pair of leather
>gloves I ruined by packing the stone solid under the timbers as I went along. 
>The only tricky part was the curve for which I use a miter saw to cut the
>angled timbers.  And I have to confess, in case you hadn't already guessed, I
>had someone make the arbor for me - but I installed it.
>
>With the soil packed tightly against it on either side and each timber snugged
>up to the next one, it hasn't moved since 1995.  Drawbacks: wood is a bit
>slippery when wet, and, as mentioned before, flat boards would be more
>comfortable to walk on, but more expensive.  Because of the curved edges of
>the timbers, debris eventually sifts down between the cracks - just barely
>enough for a Linaria or hesperis seed to get a grip.  I let them grow until
>April, lift the timber and take out a nice, intact root system, pot it up, and
>put it in my sale.  Weed seeds are easily dispatched.
>
>Because of my limited resources, I had to use the timbers, you might prefer
>flat boards.  But I'm happy with the way it is.  
>
>Kitty
>PS - glad the orchid arrived ok, I swaddled it against the cold as best I
>could.
>
>
>
>On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 02:05:44 -0500 (EST) Melody <mhobertm@excite.com> wrote:
>
>>  Kitty:  This is stunning!!!  Did you do all
>> this work yourself? That is quite a project and
>> I am truly envious...although, if you don't
>> mind, I'd like to show these to my husband...we
>> have plans to do a great deal of hardscaping in
>> the next couple of years and have been trying
>> to figure out what kind of path to put
>> in...this would be sensational!  Can I copy? 
>> Also, an evaluation please...if you had to do
>> it over again, would you still choose this
>> particular form of a pathway?  Pluses? Minuses?
>>  Thanks.  Also, I got the orchid yesterday...my
>> kids were as excited as I was so thanks for
>> making all of our day!!!
>> 
>> 
>> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
>> 
>> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is
>> the mysterious."    
>> --Albert Einstein
>> 
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