[GH85Carrera]

Ouch, groan. I have lots of sore muscles.

The mean boss's wife drug me outside Saturday afternoon for the latest flower garden expansion. We finished up on Sunday afternoon.

24 years ago when we moved in there were three 6 foot Bradford trees in the front yard, and a few very small bushes along the house in a couple of spots. The trees are destroyed due to ice storms and long gone. Way back in then, I put in a "rose bed" in the front yard that was 4 feet wide and 15 feet long. Decorative concrete edging blocks and to help keep the Bermuda grass at bay, I set them all in a concrete base. The roses all go a disease spread by insects, and all died. Mrs. Carrera took it over.

On Saturday and Sunday it was time to expand the garden 10 more feet. Lots of shoveling and digging. One of the Bradford trees was over 20 years old when the ice storms destroyed it two years ago. Lots and lots of roots. We had the main stump ground out, and and planted a holly bush that will have red berries for the birds in the fall. So we had to work around the holly, and in two places 6 feet apart I we encountered roots that were 1.5 to 2 inches in diameter in the way of the concrete blocks. Those dang roots were both a challenge to get out. Easily an hour each.

The concrete is in place, and soil filled back in. The area of grass that was just yard is now in the process of getting killed and turned into garden area and the new bush or plants is likely to be purchased on Thursday, So I will be digging more holes. Oh joy.