Because I insist on doing all the work myself, progress on this property is slow but there is progress! In this first photo, the green line indicates where the wall was before I started. I relocated a few plants and moved the wall farther back giving a little more room for a path. More interesting, don’t you think? I’m also adding a water retention area to take care of a little flooding that happens a few times a year (see below).
Next shows progress on a problem area where the bank was cut away at a very steep angle.
The ground is mostly caliche so nothing will grow. Rocks seemed the best solution.
In case you don’t already know, I love this stuff. I just don’t remember it being so brutal on my body 🙂
I really appreciate seeing the overviews of your landscaping. I have been “monitoring” your progress. I am awed by your talent and your perseverance. You just get out there everyday and move dirt and rocks and whatever AND stop to take photos too. Wow…. just wow.
Lotta work, but what a payoff!
Thanks for the comments Carol and Jenn! Because I carry my camera everywhere, you should see it at the end of each day. It’s the color of dirt 🙂
Hoowee, that’s a lot of rock you hauled! Remind me not to challenge you to an arm-wrestling match…
Is/was that a cow’s-tongue prickly pear in the middle distance in #2, just past the “pond?”