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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
just pour a concrete slab over the whole thing, and call it a terrace. then put a chair out there and read in the sun, during all the time you would have lost doing gardening.  |
Actually I did something close over the past 8-months...I built a new bigger deck myself. All I have left is a hybrid pergola style covering that will have smoke tinted transparent corrugated panels inside the frame to let light in but still offer shade. Got waylaid by some things so instead of a 2-3 week job it turned into a marathon.
But I love the way ya think!! Concrete everywhere...I have mowed enough lawns and pulled enough weeds....so I went with pea-gravel with sheeting underneath. Then 2x/year I'll use TriOx (now called Ortho Ground Clear) on it (it supposed to be good for a year per treatment, but hey I wanna be certain.)
And here it is midnight almost again and I'll be lucky for 20-mins reading time.
Of course I do have a whole community of humming birds I feed all year long. During the peak season I go through about 35-40lbs sugar/month feeding the poor leetle things. I have to say this is my 5th year doing this and it's one of the most fun things around. You even get to where you can ID individuals. And when it's busy we can have 12-15 birds all perched on an 6-hole feeder and even more on the two 8-holers. But everyday we seem to do at least one refill of each feeder and many days two or more refills. But, it is a very rewarding thing for some reaon...who knew?