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Tonya L

Bastrop, TX
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About Me:

gardening, using "found" objects for decoration

Favorite area of home improvement:

kitchen, master bath


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  • garden junk

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Repurposing & Upcycling

Repurposing & Upcycling
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  • Before: the First Garden attemp. Mulch would wash away. 2
  • After: added metal edging and rocks to keep mulch from washing away. 7
  • After: another view 2
  • After: another view again 1
  • view from other side of pool. 4
  • Pic of front garden area, so far... 3
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Garden, mulch beds, mulch washing away, drainage solution for patio

We had a patio installed last year on the back of my house to replace the old deck, and connected it to my old patio around the pool. One thing the installer should have advised (he did ...»
build what I wanted), but he should have mentioned water run-off. when it rained hard, the mulch would wash out of the bed between the two patios. So I installed metal edging, added gravel. Two hard rains, and no mulch moved. The only water in the bed has to fall directly on it, so it is doing great. I like the metal edging, very easy to install, looks better than the vinyl rolls, I started with that, but ripped it out and returned it, as it looks so bad, plus it would not be strong enough to hold up the gravel/rocks. Plus a added photo of my front garden for others to get ideas, still need to work on the front garden to the right of the steps though, but it's getting there.

Clay B
Clay B Chesapeake, VA
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  • Tonya L
    Commented on May 19, 2012
    Problem with rubber mulch is pets eat it. Definitely not good for them.
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