BB the Beagle (aka the bagle or fleagle) helped with continuing construction of the garden RR over the weekend, tamping the ballast (below photo).
These daisies appeared naturally over the winter, perhaps seeded by a passing bird. The flowers are way out of scale compared to the track and I considered pulling them but then decided against it b/c it adds so much color, along with the nearby oak tree (sprouting naturally there, not planted by me). This portion of the ridge, I’ve named “Oak Ridge” and is opposite “Peanut Ridge.” The Japanese maple is doing fine as well and I’ve let this side of the layout lapse with out of scale plants. It will be my “toy” section.
I wanted to show some construction photos, how a ridge is put together with large rocks holding smaller rocks in, atop which will be added “crusher fines” or slurry for the ballast. Not shown, dirt is then added on the sides of these rocks to make it look more natural and then “scale” plants are added like moss and sedum and thyme and wooley yarrow.
BTW, I had to realign the entire Oak Ridge that you see pictured here b/c I found that I didn’t have enough room to walk around the layout!