Yard day 5 (Saturday)

Today I was quite pleased that the crew was at the house working and that all went smoothly (at least I think it did) even though I wasn't there all day and didn't actually see them. The landscape crew finished filling in the sprinkler trenches and installed "Benda-Board" edging to define the border between the grass and the planting beds. It looks great! I can actually see the layout for the first time. They also dug out the bed for the bamboo hedge. The bamboo and the grass will be delivered on Tuesday, and by the end of the day they should be done or almost done.

The metal guy was here and installed 3 out of 4 gate posts. The 4th one couldn't be done because the phone box has to be moved.

Here you can see the posts for the driveway gate. The posts are 6' tall and made of 4'x4' iron. The metal guy assured me that the gates would outlast us, the next generation and probably the one after that.



Here is a shot of the right post. I like the way they embedded the right post so that it sits within the fence. That way we lose the smallest amount of space from our already narrow driveway.



Here is the post on the other side of the house.




Here is a shot of the yard with the Benda-Board beds.



Here is the side of the house ready for the bamboo hedge.