You know I’m loving our new lawn, and we’re certainly doing our best in this California drought to keep it green and gorgeous, but I have been thinking a lot lately about water conservation and ways that we can be as efficient as possible with our water use. And if you’re not a resident of […]
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reclaimed flower box
We have been doing so much work on our yard lately (which if you’ve been reading my blog or following me on Instagram, you well know) and it is looking SO good. Like, so much improved that I have lost count of how many neighbors have walked up and complemented us on everything we’ve done. […]
yard update… ish?
This year for Halloween I think we’re going with a post-apocalyptic decor theme for our yard. We’ll be the envy of the neighborhood. I think I liked it better before we started ripping stuff out. And experiencing the worst drought in decades hasn’t really helped either. This is probably the worst before and after in […]
I fought the stumps…
… and the stumps I won. That’s right folks. The saga of the old, half dead vine stumps that wouldn’t let go has come to an end. I had been working at it for days, each day digging a little more around it, cutting through a few more of the roots. Finally, one day last week I couldn’t take […]
the front flower bed finally!
It’s been awhile since I showed you my progress on the yard little sneak peek. Since then I’ve finished with the front flower bed and some other sprucing up of the yard as well, pulling out dead trees and such. Plus some ideal weather has made for green grass and leaves on the trees that […]