It has been awhile since I last posted since life has been a
little crazy with work. A lot of
progress has occurred on the landscaping and here are a few of the
changes. First off, the red concrete
block wall is gone. I sold it on
craigslist and I had the buyers come remove it as part of the deal. Nothing like being paid and have someone else
do the work. I then removed the dirt
behind the wall and made it just slightly raised from the driveway. I do not seem to have any pictures of this
but I am sure you will see it in later posts.
My brother and I also removed all of the wood timbers that were lining
the flower beds along the front of the house.
We found they were rotting and I wanted something a little more
substantial. A little over one ton of
stone later and most of the retaining walls are complete. You can see pictures below. I have to raise the front wall one more level
but I will complete that this weekend. The
stone is another craigslist find and once it is all in should cost me less than
$250.
I also installed a drip irrigation system along all of the
planters so that I do not have to do any hand watering. There are even tubes running into my large
planters so that I do not have to water them before I go to work. Right now the drip system is just connected
to the hose faucet but it will be connected to the main sprinkler system once I
get the new manifold completed. Hopefully
this will be completed this weekend. Right
now I am looking at controlling my sprinkler via the internet as I try to use
some new, but relatively cheap, technology throughout the house. Here is what I am looking at and for $180 it
seems like it might be kind of fun to have.
http://irrigationcaddy.com/
The next step will be about 5 yards of coffee colored mulch to cover the flower beds on the entire property. To date I have moved almost 40 yards of mulch this year between my apartment complex that I help manage and my brother’s house. I am beginning to be a pro at it but am also starting to get a little tired of it. I also hope to start on the stone columns soon for the front of the house while I still try to figure out the new house color. I have tried a couple different options but have not quite found the right one. I got a great deal on real stone veneer that I will talk about in a later post that also came from craigslist. Well that is all for now and check back soon for the next update on the renovation.
The next step will be about 5 yards of coffee colored mulch to cover the flower beds on the entire property. To date I have moved almost 40 yards of mulch this year between my apartment complex that I help manage and my brother’s house. I am beginning to be a pro at it but am also starting to get a little tired of it. I also hope to start on the stone columns soon for the front of the house while I still try to figure out the new house color. I have tried a couple different options but have not quite found the right one. I got a great deal on real stone veneer that I will talk about in a later post that also came from craigslist. Well that is all for now and check back soon for the next update on the renovation.
