{"id":563,"date":"2012-09-05T00:16:23","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T00:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=563"},"modified":"2012-09-05T00:16:23","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T00:16:23","slug":"landscaping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=563","title":{"rendered":"Landscaping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s run: \u00a02.5 miles<\/p>\n<p>We have a\u00a0dilemma. \u00a0We have completed the construction of the pergola\/arbor and need to build some sort of a retaining wall before we can pour the concrete pad we want to put down to finish the patio portion of our project. \u00a0We are kind of stymied as to how to go about this.<\/p>\n<p>I called a landscape contractor today and had him come over to take a look at what we had planned and accomplished so far. \u00a0He seemed genuinely\u00a0surprised\u00a0at the good job my husband did on the construction of the pergola (so those of you who helped pound nails, ya&#8217; did good!). \u00a0He also seemed to think that the remainder of the project was an easy fix.<\/p>\n<p>This guy has some stone already in stock that he would like to use to build a retaining wall. \u00a0So that means no special orders or anything. \u00a0He had us drive over tonight to his storage place to look over his selection, to see if we liked what he had available. \u00a0We did that. \u00a0The next step is to call him back and let him know that the stone would be just fine and then get an estimate from him. \u00a0So, that is where we stand.<\/p>\n<p>It is exciting to see this project move along. \u00a0We have planned this for close to two years and to be frank, I am in a &#8220;pinch me I am dreaming&#8221; state right now. \u00a0I just cannot quite get it into my mind that this is really coming about. \u00a0But, it is and I think it will be super!<a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/pergola-shade-0021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-565\" title=\"The construction is almost done!\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/pergola-shade-0021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/pergola-shade-0021.jpg 1600w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/pergola-shade-0021-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/pergola-shade-0021-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/pergola-shade-0021-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s run: \u00a02.5 miles We have a\u00a0dilemma. \u00a0We have completed the construction of the pergola\/arbor and need to build some sort of a retaining wall before we can pour the concrete pad we want to put down to finish the patio portion of our project. \u00a0We are kind of stymied as to how to go [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,8,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":566,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions\/566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}