My latest projects:
A brick patio in the backyard, garden to attract birds and insects, and a room in the basement (click on smaller images to enlarge)
Spring 2010
Fall 2010
The Process and some of the plants
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| Stage 1: Turning the soil | Stage 2: Mixing in compost |
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| Stage 3: Drip irrigation on a timer, and planting | Stage 4: Bark mulch |
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| The tomato jungle - summer 2009 | California poppy, etc. - summer 2009 |
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| African daisy (Osteospermum fruticosum) - March 2010 | California buttercup (Ranunculus californicus) - March 2010 |
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| Pineapple sage & Daffodil - March 2010 | Crocus - March 2010 |
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| Native California Heuchera - March 2010 | Unidentified flower from Albany Hill - March 2010 |
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| Volunteered weed - March 2010 | Blood currant (Ribes sanguineum) - March 2010 |
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| California aster (Lessingia filaginifolia) - October 2010 | Stick Monkeyflower (Mimulus aurantiacus) - October 2010 |
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| Penstemon (Penstemon palmeri) - October 2010 |
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| A cabbage white butterfly caterpillar on kale | Cabbage white (Pieris rapae) caterpillar - March 2010 |
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| A bird feeder a squirrel cannot reach? | It eventually figured out how to get onto the feeder. |
It began as an old fence held by weeds and a pile of dirt. After rebuilding and painting the fence and leveling/laying out the patio ...
Basement Room: Stage 1 (defining the space)
Basement Room: Stage 2 (laying out the bathroom - wall-mounted tank & raised effluent pipe)
Basement Room: Stage 3 (framing the bathroom)
Basement room: Stage 4 (installing the toilet and sheetrock)
Basement room: Stage 5 (furnishing)
