Bought an irrigation system to install to keep me lazy It took me 45 minutes to water all these plants the other day so we decided automatic would be nicer. I plan on finishing up the rest of the system this evening after work. So close!
Monthly Archive: October 2011
Oct
31
Oct
29
Almost There!!
These are some pictures I took the evening before the Halloween party. The flagstone is buried. We’ve got 90 percent of the mulch out. After the pictures I moved our remaining dirt to the backyard along with our extra jumbo flagstones that there wasn’t room for in the front. Stay tuned for pictures from the …
Oct
26
Rocks On The Ground
Heavy heavy rocks are in the parking now, ready for ground cover to be planted in between.
Oct
26
Another Blue
Hmmm I really kinda like this color for the house as well. I’m wondering if I shouldn’t just show tons of house colors and have people vote?
Oct
26
Desired Results
After an evening of being worried about stones by the curb I’ve updated the Sketchup model to roughly what the house should look like when completed.
Oct
24
First Plantings
Tonight we plan to plant the remaining plants in the yard and to have the areas mulched. We may try to get some large flagstone pieces for the parking area so when people get out of their cars they have something to walk on (we’ll put ground cover plants between the stones).
Oct
24
The Tree
This is our lovely new tree. She is a Tristania conferta and can grow super tall (but we’ll keep her top clipped and she should spread out and give us some shade)! This was one heck of a weekend. 9 days from concrete and gravel to a new front yard…. OK so maybe it’ll be …
Oct
23
Plant Possibilities
A smattering of plant ideas we came up with after our trip to Cuyamaka College. Pretty awesome TheGarden.org
Oct
23
The Top Soil
12 cubic yards of top soil later (not to mention the broken backs). This is our house prior to planting and post cement and gravel (glad that’s outta there).
Oct
12
Lunch
Today I’ll be having a cobb salad and a fruit and granola parfait. Not bad for $5.60.