Firepit in retaining wall project part 357

 Well, this weekend I dug out the cinder blocks and started over. It looked too trashy for what I already have going on. Each day the boys (all three of them) have had to help me with this project. On the left side was 3 rose bushes I tore out the summer we moved in. I never filled in the holes and because of my laziness this ground cover took over. It was deep and thick. It had roots dug into the lava rock. OMG. I never want to see lava rock again.

On the right side of the firepit I want to do a water feature. I just haven't figured out if I want another pond or a pondless feature. All these choices. In the mean time, Prince Charming ordered Dri-Lock paint to fix the fountain out front. It is beautiful and working like a champ. As I went to get the hose to fill up the front fountain I discovered we had a visitor to our yard! A MOLE.....now, Special K (the Golden Retriever) have been digging under my tarp of dirt and I couldn't figure it out. When I lifted the tarp to back fill the firepit a baby mole came running out. Prince Charming stepped on it and it was dead. The trap we set by the hose caught Mama or Daddy Mole. We reset the trap and we will see if we get any more. I'm really glad Special K didn't get the mole. Those things are nasty.