Summer Goals

Summer  Knitting and Related Goals finish Curtis’ socks (the first sock needs some surgery, have yet to cast on for the second) finish Helene (currently on the foot of the 2nd)  Done! finish Anniversary Socks finish all the other socks I start!  (Lizzy,...

New Project: Backyard Mini-Meadow

One of the things I’ve felt guilty about is that, with how our house & lot is set up, our backyard is just basically a concrete dog run.  Actually, I don’t feel guilty about that, that’s just how it is. But it is where Rigel goes out to go to...

Lawnless Yard

Too late for us because we’ve already done this, but if you’ve been thinking about getting rid of your lawn and replacing with natives, you can get reimbursed $1/square foot.  Check out LADWP’s site for details. Of course, this is NOT the time...

Native Plants: Full Monty

Here’s a pic of the yard I took earlier this week from across the street. (I was going to entitle the post Full Frontal but who knows how hard my Akismet spam blocker would have to work after that). We do have some manzanitas that should grow taller over time...