PROJECT STORY
Situation, Work, and Result
Situation
This waterfront property on Lake Carnico needed its regular seasonal mulch reset, but the homeowner also wanted two things beyond routine upkeep: a bit more color near the covered porch, and a lower-maintenance alternative to a mulch bed that had to be redone every year along the porch and walkway. That turned a standard seasonal visit into three linked pieces of work on one property.
The Work
The crew handled the seasonal reset first: cleanup, trimming, edging, weeding, pre-emergent, and 8 yards of hardwood mulch across the property's existing beds. A red bud tree went in with a clean mulch ring, and annual and seasonal flowers were added to the round concrete-walled bed near the yard. For the gravel conversion, the crew leveled the porch-side bed area, laid landscaping fabric, set 9 pieces of black metal edging to contain the new material, and installed 6 yards of Alabama Sunset pea gravel around the existing boxwood cone topiaries. The same visit added a stepping-stone gravel walkway out toward the dock and relocated loose rock around the pond edge.
Result
The property ended up with both a freshly reset seasonal look and a converted gravel bed that won't need remulching every year. The red bud tree and seasonal flowers gave the yard color, while the fabric, metal edging, and pea gravel gave the porch-side bed a finished, lower-upkeep surface. This is a useful proof point for waterfront and rural Kentucky homeowners weighing a standard mulch bed against a one-time gravel conversion for less recurring maintenance.
