It took the guys from Henery "Do It Best" Hardware two trips to get these blocks unloaded into the south side of the yard. I unloaded about a quarter of them. Angel did some too. Local lore around here is that since Henery's is the only game in town, they think they have a license to gouge, price-wise. While some things may indeed be pricey, we have found them to be pretty darn competitive in most areas... and they delivered these bad boys for free!
Bill, the master bulldozer guy from Shold Excavating leveled this area beautifully. It will be a pleasure to work with the landscape blocks to begin terracing this part of the yard. That part is very cool. Once this bit is done, we'll double the size of our gardenable area. Bill also leveled the area to the immediate east of this, and we'll be able to terrace that as well... or perhaps add raised beds. Haven't decided on that bit yet.
But all is not perfection in garden-land. As I was getting ready to type this, I looked out the window to see a young deer looking for forage right in the middle of this area. Now we're right next to nature trails and open space, and the deer have lots and lots of grazable space. The thing is, they've become overly used to humans (some people tend to treat them like pets) so they tend to pillage gardens.
Our main garden is fenced. It is likely that we will need to fence this area as well once we're ready to start using it. So far the deer seem to take the path of least resistance. There are plenty of things to eat -- in our yard, the neighbors' yards, on the trails, and in the city parks and greenbelts (to say nothing of the state parks and national forests). We are, after all, at the edge of the continent up here. So the deer won't go hungry if we limit their access to our edibles.
Energy Update: July averaged over 20 KWH/day of PV energy production.
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