4 2008-05-10T08:56:24+10:00 false The paving arrived today, and I can put it off no longer. It is time that I tackled the non-lawn. I am hoping that by doing this whilst the mining bees are active, that they will be able to start mining elsewhere if they choose, and salvage something from their brief active season. I'm also making a point of placing the circle in as much as I can away from my back door step, where most of the bees are, and over the most mossy part of the lawn instead. All the same I have to shift a lot of earth around to level the yard up properly, so disturbance is inevitable :-( I'm also going to lay the paving down on a sub strait of tamped down hardcore and sand, rather than concrete it in. I want water to be able to filter between the slabs and nourish the soil. If I leave a big enough gap between the slabs, perhaps the bees will stay and take up residence between them too. Of course, I choose the hottest day of the year so far to go and dig up most of my garden. What kind of idiot am I? One that hurts a lot, that's what. Ow. Next journal in the saga: "The forlorn lawn is gorn":http://myfolia.com/journals/11768 2 false 8269 false false false Entry 1004 Garden 2008-05-09T10:00:00+10:00 DMY 13696 Public 2008-06-28T10:54:26+10:00 811 Sunny 22 C