by StephCat | Apr 25, 2007 | Yard & Garden
Okay, here’s the list of what we planted this weekend: Verbena lilacina (from Baja) “Blue Mist” manzanita (ground-coverish) 2 x Heuchera “Rosada” for the shadier side yard Heuchara maxima for the shadier side yard Galvezia...
by StephCat | Apr 21, 2007 | Yard & Garden
Spring Break, the Napa wine trip and a week of work later and here’s a quick update. All the fruit trees are doing something. The Beverly Hills apple is the slowpoke of the bunch, just started to leaf out now, which I suppose (or at least am hoping) makes sense...
by StephCat | Mar 28, 2007 | Yard & Garden
our native plants awaiting planting Originally uploaded by stephannie_t. Last weekend we put in the gravel, decomposed granite, mulch and plants. We were exhausted. It took about 15 hours total (not including lunch breaks). We had to miss our duathlon, our first race...
by StephCat | Mar 21, 2007 | Yard & Garden
Front Yard post-grass removal Originally uploaded by stephannie_t. We received the plants from Las Pilitas — apparently all of them except for the poppies — I haven’t been able to go through them all yet to doublecheck. They were in cardboards boxes,...
by StephCat | Mar 18, 2007 | Yard & Garden
After going back and forth about whether or not to RoundUp, we hired a crew to dig up our sod, deciding the risks inherent in disturbing our soil and the probable longer upcoming weed battle was worth it over using herbicides. Part of the decision was influenced by...
