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so.

because their house is small, and because their yard is large, the baron and the husband recently decided to take on a yard project that would beautify fern valley: they would build a retaining wall (to handle the slope) and a patio (to handle the sinking-into-mulch problem).

first, the mulch had to be raked out, a task the husband took to with gusto. see the following two photos.




next, after settling on the shape of the wall, the baron got to digging a shallow trench, which she would later line with gravel (for drainage).


a closeup of the trench, pre-gravel - see how pretty!