I guess we were getting antsy or something, being stuck indoors during the outdoor season. We've had wall to wall smoke for several weeks now (no surprise with 150,000 plus acres burning up around us), with only an occasional few hours when we could actually see the sky. Sometimes there were even clouds and stars...who knew?
So this morning when we could actually open the windows and enjoy a bit of fresh air, we opted for the lumber yard and a mini project.
With $90 worth of 2"x 12" cedar planks and some treated 2x4's we designed and built a small platform to hold the birdbath and assorted pots. Here I'm "head down, butt up" (thankfully photographed by the under gardener from the kind position) painting the cedar with Miller Storm in "boxwood" which is really a sage green.
Here you see the alternating pots of daylilies and dwarf boxwood NOT sinking into the gravel and clay soil beneath! Quite an improvement. And now with the help of additional gravel under the platform we may be able to level the birdbath!
We got it done just in time as the smoke is drifting back into the hills here.
