We now have a cardboard lawn in the backyard.
Those of you who live in the area recall we had a spectacular- if short- rainstorm about a week ago. It caused a river to flow through our yard, cascading from the downward slope of the street, and flash flooding in our basement. Although we have little of value in the basement, we had numerous empty boxes from our move and a few old area rugs keeping the floor covered. All of these became soaked, of course.
As the aroma of mildew and what-not arose from the basement, Jenny had a plan that took care of 2 problems for us. Our back yard has been home to a weed forest (not the type that one could profit from, mind you) since the lovely weed-trees sprouted early this summer. There was talk of lawnmowers and weed-whackers but the forest was much too fortified for such contraptions. So... I finally recovered our clippers (bush- trimming blade device, whatever it's called) from Lauderedale and plunged into the forest, shearing the weed-trees from their stems.
I then tossed the two unsalvageable rugs onto the forest floor and proceeded to break down box after box, spreading them out across the yard to cover about 85% of the back yard with cardboard or rug. The idea here is that such cover will prevent weeds from overcoming the yard next spring, giving us a veritable chance to plant native plants and so forth.
At least our back yard isn't too noticeable to many people.
About Me
- Benjamin
- STP, MN
- A person of terrestrial origin. Born in STP and current resident there of. Part German, part Scandinavian, part English or something, likes to tell people he's Welsh. Married to Jenny Mason, famed housewife/pt Barnes& Nobles employee. 2 children: Idris, 4 1/2. Hits people with swords. Talks a lot. Arken, 3 mos. Large. Talks a lot.
2 comments:
so the cardboard lawn, i'm sure, looks amazing (take a picture and post it!). however, i'm curious as to what you're going to do about a basement that lets water in... or was the torrential rain such that it would've gotten into any basement?
Good question. That we aren't particularly concerned with YET since no water has, indeed, penetrated the lovely off-white cement/plaster of our basement walls aside from that downpour.
I mean, seriously, we watched out the window as the Wicked Witch of the West was swept into a storm sewer.
Still, we put it on the list of "things to check out to make sure they're okay with the house in the not-too-distant-future."
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