We have a huge wash running through this property so the first thing I did was fill it full of river rock. It helped a little but during each monsoon downpour, the water washes a few more rocks and a little more land away.

My ultimate goal is to have beautiful boulders lining the wash and then shrubs and plants spilling over. I’m a long way from that but I’ll get there, one rock at a time! In the meantime, I’m putting my new skills as a desert landscaper to work. I made some gabions (sort of) to flank either side of the pipe that goes under the driveway. The metal fence posts you see have been driven down into the bank with my trusty pink fence post driver. My gabions won’t win any awards for design but I bet they’ll work!