Cleaning up the Garden Projects

With all the cold weather we've been having in East Tennessee lately, the hubby and I have been spending our weekends prepping the yard for winter. With all the loose ends tying up around the yard, I figured it was time to post an update and some new pics :)
We got the box for the citrus trees built, and one tree planted, just need to visit Out of Eden for more dirt (putting that one off till next weekend).
We transplanted the potted Mums to the flower bed around the sidewalk, and laid a soaker hose through them (see the rain barrel it's attached to).

The solar lantern we made from the cast iron lantern we found at the habitat re-store is finally hung up in the tree in the back yard (next to the recycled windchime I bought from the License Plate guy at the last Blount County Recycle Day).

The flowers in the rain garden have been dead-headed:

The scrap wood pile has been burned up:

And the Greek Oregano that was taking over the garden box has been safely moved to a wood barrel planter (did you know Oregano is perennial? I didn't, but it was a great pest repellent this year, so I opted to keep it):

Whew! We might get the rest done before November ends! I'll keep taking pictures :)

Update "One of Those Projects"

So it's taken a few weekends, but I can see the proverbial "light at the end of the tunnel." It took us an entire day to dig out and level the first row:

But from there, the other three rows were "easy peasy" ;) Just lay the glue and set the block. 

The "finished" product! Four blocks high, 20 foot by 2.6 foot. 

Now we just need the dirt and we're ready to plant!