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Japanese Garden

Creating a serene Japanese-inspired garden space with traditional elements

๐Ÿ“ธAugust 31, 20261 photo

work in progress

๐Ÿ“ธAugust 20, 20261 photo

Added the zen rake garden part

๐Ÿ“ธAugust 1, 20264 photos

Work in progress

๐Ÿ“ธJuly 21, 20261 photo

Me working. Yeehaaa!

๐Ÿ“ธJuly 5, 20261 photo

Well, one corner is close to be finished!!

๐Ÿ“ธJuly 4, 20261 photo

We are naming it *semiquincentennial* rock! Took all four of us to haul it 20 feet and erect, and we did it on 250th birthday of The United States

๐Ÿ“ธJune 15, 20263 photos

Soโ€ฆ after hauling this stone all the way from the back of the property and setting it upright, we realized we had never actually looked at the bottom. Turns out the previous owners left us a pirate message. My next home-improvement project: skull-and-crossbones graffiti removal.

๐ŸŽฅMarch 1, 2026

Paving the patio area

๐ŸŽฅFebruary 23, 2026

Building a gravel path

๐ŸŽฅFebruary 23, 2026

Making main stone path

๐ŸŽฅFebruary 22, 2026

Marking the plot

๐ŸŽฅFebruary 20, 2026

Original plan of the Japanese-inspired garden

๐Ÿ“ธFebruary 1, 20261 photo

Before. (Note that the image is from a realtor, so really enchanted and beautified -- but the point is, it used to be just a barren lawn -- and *not* so green as it looks here ;) ),

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