Category: Plants

A whole 6 months has passed since I updated last. The baby arrived a month or so after my last post, so needless to say we have been hunkering down all winter. Not getting anything accomplished on the house front. Spring is here, baby is finally sleeping (mostly) through the night, and I have the energy to get some stuff done. Our pool area has been a bit of a jungle since we moved in. We attempted to tame the beast right after we bought the place. Being pregnant last spring/summer I didn’t spend much time pulling weeds or tending … Read the rest...

Some of the shrubbery out back was completely out of control. We did some major trimming. This first shrub up against the house was literally double it’s depth before cut; all over the concrete slab. We trimmed it back to the line of the bed and gained many feet worth of patio space back. I can finally see out the kitchen window! Still a bit of cleanup to do but it’s so much better.

The wooden retaining walls were a gray/green mess. I spent an afternoon pressure-washing them and just about revitalized them to their original wooden glow. I also … Read the rest...