Summer heat and travel plans thwarted any attempt at finishing my work on the front garden bed last year. Still, at least it didn’t look like this any longer:
But after the weather finally cooled down to the high 80’s, low 90’s (that’s in late October, for you Yankees) I jumped in again.
When we last left off, the front walk was finished:
But the front garden bed was just kind of an undefined blob. I decided to use the old flagstones I had dug out of the ground to separate the grass from the plants. So, many days of digging and lining with landscape cloth…
…and filling with crushed granite. I decided to use granite instead pea gravel, since we don’t have the drainage problem in this area.
I highly recommend listening to podcasts while doing yard work. This portion of home maintenance was brought to you by Serial. 
Not too shabby for an amateur using leftover materials, eh?
Wow!!! That looks fantastic!! Isn’t it such satisfying work?
Not too shabby at all! Looks great!!
Dad L