New Lawn- I mentioned this in my previous post. We’ve got a lawn in...sort of. Parts of the lawn came in nicely, green and lush. Other parts...not so much. We started the lawn from seed and, in hindsight, should have done a better job of raking the grass seed in. I'm pretty sure the birds ate most of the seed. We kept after it, though, reseeding several times and fertilizing. With the onset of cooler weather, our grass has started spreading rapidly. I've got faith that we will eventually end up with a nice-looking lawn.
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| Here’s the front of the house, showing our not-so-great lawn and rose garden. |
Fence - We finished the fence along the west side of our property, probably some time in late March or early April. We struggled with a means of keeping the fencing taut while we fastened it to the posts. Every YouTube video we saw shouwed a guy with either a tractor or a forklift holding the fencing tight. We figured out how to do it with a cable come-along and a clamp that I rigged up. It was fairly labor-intensive but the final results were worth it.
Garden - We hauled in some topsoil and then fenced off a 24' square garden plot for Cathy. We had already run an irrigation line to the site, so Cathy took the ball and ran with it. She planted a bed of dahlias, knowing full well that they might not do well in this hot, dry climate. After a slow start, they gave us a spectacular display of flowers starting in late summer. Additionally, she grew tomatoes (they did great), peppers (not-so-great), zuchini (great), potatoes (pretty good for afirst effort) cantaloup and melons (great) and sunflowers. All in all, it was a great first year for the garden. She is still harvesting tomatoes and zuchini in mid-November!
