Landscape Progress

Day 10

Friday May 5
This morning nobody came until about 9 a.m. We thought maybe it would be a day off.

Grass! And more plants. And moving the trees. And a few more things... We noticed a new pipe coming up from the ground in the front yard and going into the side of the garage. The lighting wire had already been run, and the builder gave us a sprinkler control wire with enough conductors, so we could not guess what this new wire might be for. Around in the garage we saw that it was indeed a new sprinkler control wire. Either the old one was not suitable, or maybe they broke it -- we don't know. In any case there are now two ugly black wires running up the wall in the garage. One day we will re-run these ourselves to be hidden inside the wall (Jeff detests exposed wiring!).

This tree should be between these invasive windows
where we have put the stake in the ground (morning)
to give us a level of screening when it matures
That's better (afternoon)!

Here, this tree will shade the veggie garden
which we don't want (morning)
Better (afternoon)!

The magnolia arrives
Looks like a perfect fit

Freshly planted
Stepping stones laid around plum

Here are some medium sized plants laid out
Here they are planted

From above
Groundcover to be planted all over

Here comes a cute little forklift and the sod
Vroom, vroom, zip, zip

The yard is starting to look nice and green
Front grass replaced

Grass up to veggie area
From above

Looks a bit like a patchwork quilt
Leftovers sod still stacked on driveway

This pipe on the left is new... what is it?
Oh, a new ugly sprinkler control wire. What's wrong
with the one the builder hid inside the wall?

This tree should be between these invasive windows where we have put the stake in the ground (morning) to give us a level of screening when it matures	That's better (afternoon)!
Here, this tree will shade the veggie garden which we don't want (morning)	Better (afternoon)!
The magnolia arrives	Looks like a perfect fit
Freshly planted	Stepping stones laid around plum
Here are some medium sized plants laid out	Here they are planted
From above	Groundcover to be planted all over
Here comes a cute little forklift and the sod	Vroom, vroom, zip, zip
The yard is starting to look nice and green	Front grass replaced
Grass up to veggie area	From above
Looks a bit like a patchwork quilt	Leftovers sod still stacked on driveway
This pipe on the left is new... what is it?	Oh, a new ugly sprinkler control wire. What's wrong with the one the builder hid inside the wall?