Grandma HOMEReturn to Grand Kids Home Grandpa's Backyard Landscape Project
Started June 28, 2006 - Photos by Bob Darling Photography - "Grandpa"

Note: The linked photos are quite large so you can see the detail of the work
Day 1
6/28/2006
Day 2
6/29/2006
Day 3
7/3/2006
Day 4
7/5/1006
Day 5 108
7/17/2006
Day 6 107
7/19/2006
Day 7 106
7/24/2006
Day 8 104
7/26/2006
Day 9
7/27/2006
Day 10
7/28/2006
Ugly big bush is gone!
Rich Hoppe - Future Landscape & Concrete
Roscoe says "Hay what's happening?
"Good Job"
Dozer's at work
Lots of Dirt ...
Dirt pile in the middle of the yard
Side yard cleared
Sharon's garden won't change
Sharon's beautiful flower garden
View of garden from the table
Oak tree stump with beautiful hand-made bird house on top
Bird House up close ... see the tree face?
Bobcat and the Propane tank square off ...
Beethoven takes a pee ... He is not well
Rock wall technique -- neat!
Crushed rock pounded down
Side yard
Oh, where, oh where did the water pipe go?
Dirt is so hard ... had to use a jack hammer!
Still working on the hard dirt!
Propane tank yard art ...
Oak tree rock garden
Great squirrel  jump off ...
3 new Redwood Trees line the back fence
Rich checks out the work so far
Working hard ...
Beethoven supervising the workers
Guinnes checks out the new terrain ...
Hissy Kitty is happy about the changes
New Sycamore Tree planted
Oak Tree from a distance
The new Sycamore Tree should provide shade when it is fully grown
Placing the rocks ...
Rich is coming with the fite pit dirt
Bobcat pours the dirt ...
Rich prepares the ground

Packing down the pit area ...

Nice work Rich!
View from the back fence...
Guiness on her way back
Roscoe is hot and wants water ...
Beethoven rests
More dirt and sand added
Bender board
More bender board ...
Still working on the Sprinkler hole
Bob finds a meat bee hole and calls Koby
Hissy Kitty watches from inside ...
Sharon's new flower - Judith Pink Day Lily

Sprinkler pipes are being trenched ...

Pipe pokes up!

 

Hole punched through patio to the lawn area

More trenching for the springler lines

Bender board for the lawn

New sprinkler head

Amber tree given to us from our neighbor

This is what Rich found as he was digging!

 

Garden now has the trench for the pipes!

 

Here comes the pipe!

 

Day is short - it was hot - 102 degrees

More bender board - Yeah

Added more sprinklers

Junk ...What is this??
New anti-siphon Valves

nice and clean now ... Short day again - too hot

More dirt arrives
Spreading the dirt and sand  for the new plants
Here is the dump truck with more dirt
Trenching for light to the oak tree
Jack hammer to dig holes fo the rose bushes
Purple Vadinka plants getting ready to plant
More plants: Star Jasmine and a ground cover
The roses are placed for planting
Lots of work going on now ...
3 Birches being planted
Roller press - getting the dirt pressed

birch Trees gook great - nice and tall

How many men does it take to use the roll press?

Sprinklers Work!
More testing the Sprinklers
The back gate is wide open
Sprinkler works!
and again
My garden gets cleaned up a bit
The grass (sod) arrives ...
Rich makes sure the ground is ready
The sod is starting to be rolled out
Rich brings a wheelbarrow full of sod to roll out
Lots and lots of sod ...
Workers are busy making sure that the grass is seamless
Rich jacj hammers for the rose bush holes?
Worker takes a rest
Look's good from here
Look's good from here too
Tapia ground cover planted
More grass to lay out
Boy, this is hard work ...
Rich's dump truck
Clean up?
Rich kereps the grass moist - it's hot today
Working on the gate entrance
The gate project
More heavy equipment?
Finishing the gate entrance
Rich puts my stepping stones back  - New sprinkler timer installed
Ground cover - Tapia
New Rose bushes - 10 in all
Our 3 new Birch trees
Sprinkler system for the ground cover
Ground cover planted here
Side yard planted with Jasmine
View from the back gate
Hi - I am in heaven ...
Sure looks great, doesn't it?
"Green green grass of home"
Hissy loves the rocks!
Almost done

The roses:
Double Delight
Kings Ransom
Mr. Lincoln
Perfumr Delight

 

looks great here too
Grass is pertfect
Fire pit and ground cover looks great!
Grandma toasts
from her chair
Do you see me?
Hissy Kitty blends in ...
OK - leave me alone
Guarding the fire pit
Hissy Kitty - The rocks feel so good
This Judith Pink Day Lily was planted near the grass
Up close Judith Pink Day Lily
   

 

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