Around the house

The landscaping is almost done, and it's super green/eco-friendly. Here's the view if you're walking on the sidewalk from the reservoir or new library. The plants are drought resistant and mostly watered from below. The mulch on the left is weed resistant. The pebbles on the right are gravel. The fence will be plastered and painted.


Looking across the new driveway, you can see the raised and level rhombus shape under one half of the tree. In front of the porch, there's a pile of leftover wood from the house demo/construction that is going to be crafted into a bench. Don't know how often we'll actually sit there, but its presence will make the bifurcated tree look less odd. Cacti in the background have been trimmed and replanted, as have the succulents that line the front.


The backyard as seen from beyond where the fence will go (hence, the post). Simple teak furniture will sit on the decomposed granite to the left. The landscaper is adjusting the irrigation control panel, which takes in satellite reports, a moisture sensor, etc. There are a few drains, which make sure water goes downward into a filtered pit instead of out onto the street. See the large area of gravel in the foreground? That's where the storage unit (a.k.a. my "man cave") will go. That should be a pretty interesting blog after it gets dropped in...