 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 ...
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 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 ...
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 Pipe pokes up!
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Hole punched through patio to the lawn area
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 More trenching for the springler lines
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Bender board for the lawn
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New sprinkler head
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Amber tree given to us from our neighbor
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This is what Rich found as he was digging!
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 Garden now has the trench for the pipes!
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 Here comes the pipe!
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 Day is short - it was hot - 102 degrees
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 More bender board - Yeah |
 Added more sprinklers
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 Junk ...What is this?? |
 New anti-siphon Valves |
 nice and clean now ... Short day again - too hot
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 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
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 How many men does it take to use the roll press?
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 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!
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 Almost done |
 The roses:
Double Delight
Kings Ransom
Mr. Lincoln
Perfumr Delight
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looks great here too |
 Grass is pertfect |
 Fire pit and ground cover looks great! |
 Grandma toasts
from her chair |
 Do you see me?
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 Hissy Kitty blends in ...
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 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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