Wednesday Working

Posted on 08/23/2023 by Andrew Reynolds

Big mile stone this week: The gabion wall is completed.

Here it is:

I made the baskets and Heather filled them with rock. These create a new planting bed at the base of our hill. We were at the nursery last week and bought a couple of plants for the space. We hoping to get a basic set of plants in this fall. The area was covered in rock and we used that rock to fill the gabion baskets which create a small retaining wall about two feet high.

I also mowed the lawn this week:

I still find it strange that we have lawn in the desert and yes, I mow the lawn most weeks, but rarely take pictures of it.

That’s it for this week, next week I’m starting on building a table so if you need me, I’ll be in the shop.

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About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.
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30 Responses to Wednesday Working

  1. Debra's avatar Debra says:
    08/28/2023 at 8:19 pm

    I love the look of your wonderfully creative fence! Nicely done, Andrew.

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  2. Dave's avatar Dave says:
    08/25/2023 at 9:33 am

    Was the curving stone wall at the bottom already there or did you build that as well.? Beautiful stone and stonework.

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    • Andrew Reynolds's avatar Andrew Reynolds says:
      08/25/2023 at 2:41 pm

      A few years ago we had a landscape company design and build new terracing for the hill which included the curved wall. The area we did the gabion wall was originally just covered with stone until we had time to put in a planting bed.

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  3. Mama's Empty Nest's avatar Mama's Empty Nest says:
    08/24/2023 at 1:57 pm

    Looking great! All your hard work is paying off.

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  4. Diane Henders's avatar Diane Henders says:
    08/24/2023 at 1:44 pm

    Wow, it’s beautiful! What a lot of work, but it must be so satisfying to glance out the window and have “concrete” evidence of the success of your labours. 🙂

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  5. Jacqui Murray's avatar Jacqui Murray says:
    08/24/2023 at 6:40 am

    That gabion wall is interesting. I’ve never heard of it before.

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  6. June Lorraine Roberts's avatar June Lorraine Roberts says:
    08/24/2023 at 6:25 am

    Great job, it look fabulous 🙂

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  7. Sheila Landry Designs's avatar Sheila Landry Designs says:
    08/24/2023 at 4:50 am

    Boy, it looks nice! What a lot of work, but it will be worth it! Well done!

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  8. GP's avatar GP says:
    08/24/2023 at 4:10 am

    A very ambitious undertaking!

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  9. joynealkidney's avatar joynealkidney says:
    08/24/2023 at 4:03 am

    Lawn? You have a lawn?

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  10. brilliantviewpoint's avatar brilliantviewpoint says:
    08/24/2023 at 3:44 am

    Great job. Looks beautiful, but WAIT, did you say your wife carried the rocks? Good exercise!

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  11. jfwknifton's avatar jfwknifton says:
    08/23/2023 at 10:28 pm

    That is a very creditable lawn for a desert !!

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  12. Under the mask..'s avatar Under the mask.. says:
    08/23/2023 at 8:46 pm

    It all looks beautiful! Nice job!

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  13. cindy knoke's avatar cindy knoke says:
    08/23/2023 at 8:25 pm

    Looks great!

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  14. PiedType's avatar SusanR says:
    08/23/2023 at 7:49 pm

    That wall looks like a ton of work — literally and figuratively.

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