Boy, its been awhile since my last post, but we have made lots of progress! I have installed the first Sprinkler zone on the side of the house, and in the process removed about five tons of river rock, and broken through very tough clay. This is the worst soil I have encountered ever, so the next step is massive amounts of compost and peat moss, and maybe a few sacks of manure for good measure. I have my roses in pots in the back yard, and added some foxglove, delphiniums hydrangias, and last night I bought a Japanese maple on sale at Lowes for 21.99 - regularly 39.99 so I am a happy camper. It will be nice when I can actully plant them in the yard, as I am having to water my mini Nursery before work every day....
The other good news in that I got the malibu exterior light on Ebay for $35 with shipping. Its over $100 at Home Depot so I am happy...
A few weeks ago I was cleaning out the garage in Long Beach and ran across a few gallons of paint I bought for the Window sashes - I ended up using less than half a gallon on the windows up there so I decided to try it out on this house.
Wow, what a difference! It really makes the house pop. I touched up the area on the front porch where it was enclosed and covered up the turquiose spots. Boy what were they thinking!
In any case, with the holliday weekend, I should finally get the soil ammended and then get most of the plants in the ground. I can't wait!
