We've been pushing for the dirt to get done for a while because we couldn't do ANY other landscaping until the city signed off on the "post construction soil amendment plan".
On monday, our favorite bulldozer guy turned up with this nice little toy....
Next up were the 4 truckloads of "special" compost. (don't ask). He spent the day spreading and digging in the compost. Once that was done, it was inspected by the city and deeemed "done". This is a HUGE step. Now we can proceed with our landscaping and planting, and not a moment too soon.
Without further ado.... here are the before pics...
Left side yard, this will be our veg garden area. That black lid is the cistern that we will use to water it.
Right side yard. We'll put up a chain link fence between us and the neighbors and this will be paths and perennials. Back in the corner, I'm planning on planting a moon garden.
back yard and deck. There will be SOME grass here, but not much, the rest will be paths and perennials as well.
We had a really nice break in the weather yesterday and we were able to build our little hearts out.
We did raised beds for the garden and the foundation for the greenhouse.
Love the dragonfly corner!
Today, it was supposed to be dry again, but it's already raining. We have one raised bed we need to finish, and we were hoping to start assembling the greenhouse, but that's probably not going to happen. We'll probably go buy supplies for the next project instead. That will be building a deer fence around those boxes and a strawberry tower..
This week, I have a meeting with the "real" landscapers to go over the plan, add a few things, and see where they are with their schedule. They'll be doing the dry stream in the front, the rock work around the fountain, and all the paths and patch of lawn. Then we'll see what we have left.
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