Order of Operations - Spring Beds, Transplants, Locations and Mulch
Yesterday, I shared a post talking about the concept of creating curvilinear flower beds in landscape design and how one of my initial backyard projects is to move towards a final shape with our beds. That requires us to carve up a bunch of the current lawn and creating new beds that jut out into the grass. But, before I can even begin to think about how to make those swoop'ing, curved beds, there is some thinking that I have to do in in order to get both ready for the days of sod removal AND what has to happen AFTER the creation of the new beds to get them ready and dressed for the season. To arrange my thinking - and to pressure test on what I want to do - I thought I'd create an individual (for me) order of operations document that details the steps in the order I need to take in order to make this all work. So, let's go. 1. Remove our Automower wire. Around the entire perimeter of our backyard, we have a low-voltage green wire buried about 3" or so from th