Project Pea…Continued

Posted: August 19th, 2010 | Filed under: DIY, Landscaping, Our Projects | Tags: , | 5 Comments »

We’ve had a lot of rain (again) which makes the horsetail and other plants happy.  It makes me wet.

Horsetail is easily blown over by those high winds……

I’m hauling the peas every morning after the Things are off to school so I can avoid working in the triple digit weather with 100% humidity.  If it drizzles, I work, if it pours, I wait until it stops.  I try to take several breaks anyway.  When I start, I can fill the buckets 3/4 of the way..after about 10 trips, the volume starts creeping down and I know it’s time to knock off for awhile.

So how far have I gotten?

I’ve gotten one layer down now.  Problem is..we need about 3 more in order to hide the exposed areas where the “stucco” ends…like here…..

Are you thinking what I’m thinking?  Perhaps we should stucco further down the wall on this side!  Ya THINK!?!

The guy we used to build all this in the fall was scheduled to come back and do some “touch-up” on the stucco this spring, but he never showed.  We didn’t chase him since we figured the touch up wasn’t really totally necessary at the time and we were all square with him financially.

If we had all the stuff, it would be a no brainer DIY.  This has it’s own set of issues since I don’t know if we can replicate the “formula” for the color to match.  If I  go through my receipts, I can find the brand etc he used and try?  If I remember correctly, he used 2 bags of black to one bag of brown…but I’m not sure.  I should just call him and just say..”Hey, how have ya been?  Gimme the recipe!”

I dunno, in the meantime, I need to haul a bit more (ARGH!) to cover some thin areas, then the CC and I need to sit down and discuss this other, much less exhausting option.

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5 Comments on “Project Pea…Continued”

  1. 1 the brick house said at 2:34 PM on August 19th, 2010:

    wtf? you should get that guy out there to finish the stucco. that’s crazy!

    i need to do pea in our side yard, but after the horrible backbreaking work of the driveway I am hesitant to start shoveling again.

    good luck hauling. it sucks.

  2. 2 Clark said at 3:42 PM on August 19th, 2010:

    Looks good… I am however surprised that you guys didn’t place some pavers in either a pattern, grid or solid area to break up the consistency of the gravel. Similar to some of the images you posted as reference… Maybe you are till planning this and I’m talking out of order… ?

  3. 3 admin said at 6:57 PM on August 19th, 2010:

    Clark-No plan for solid pavers since I was afraid it would be too “busy” for the look I wanted….I wanted to make this small area feel as open as possible so, for the moment, I’m going for a solid monochromatic thingy..but you know me…things can (and do often) change!

    Brick-I KNOW I should, but he can be slow and he ain’t cheap.

  4. 4 HousePet (Beth) said at 9:20 AM on August 20th, 2010:

    Wow, you got a lot covered – I’m so exhausted for you!! Hopefully you can match up the stucco. I see your vision for the solid monochromatic look. It’s gonna be amazing! Hang in there!

  5. 5 erin@designcrisis said at 11:41 AM on August 23rd, 2010:

    It already looks better than my backyard could ever look, unfinished stucco or no. Lovvvvvvvvvvve.