Contentment by design - Living

For several weekends after that, we shoveled, sifted, moved, and raked what seemed like a thousand wheelbarrow loads. Then we planted a slow-growing, drought-resistant native grass called Blue Grama (the state grass of Colorado) that should eventually reach about knee height, as well as several other native plants and shrubs. Finally, it's looking like it's beginning to heal. Whew!

Once the grass is well established, Garima is going to distribute the little river stone sculptures you can see at the back around the area.

Also at the back, you can see two pathways veering down into the woods. These are two entrances to a series of pathways we've created around the place so that we can enjoying walking around while being careful not to trample native plants and wildflowers. It seems to be working, as we've noticed more different types of wildflowers becoming established over the years, and more of them.

Now back to our regularly scheduled summer program: hikes in the mountains!