Landscaping

Backyard after two days. All the concrete is up, trees removed and area that pavers are going all laid out.

Backyard after two days. All the concrete is up, trees removed and area that pavers are going all laid out.

WOW very nice work ????

Front:

Front:

Looking Great

Pavers, sprinklers, and hydroseed all completed today

Pavers, sprinklers, and hydroseed all completed today

looks great

A Gardenia Bush that I've had & thought had died over the winter is flowering. Amazing fragrance. You can smell it all over the yard..

:)

just had another encounter with a snake - going about 5 feet & as thick as my arm - Black Rat Snake - no teeth, harmless to humans (deadlty to rodents & moles (y)) but dang do they startle you when you aren't expecting them - they can get to eight feet

I Hate Snakes!!

moving some broken up concerte chunks & mini bolders (football size) in light rain from the front to around the back to use as edging around the Banana Tree Garden - heaven help my back

Finished reconfiguring the Banana Tree Garden...

Removed 1/2 dozen of the trees & disyributed them to friend & nieghbors.
Removed all of the Canna.
Relocated some of the ground cover & used aforementioned boulders/concrete for some rustic edging.

Now shower & get my fishing gear together for tomorrow's Tourny.

Finished reconfiguring the Banana Tree Garden...

Removed 1/2 dozen of the trees & disyributed them to friend & nieghbors.
Removed all of the Canna.
Relocated some of the ground cover & used aforementioned boulders/concrete for some rustic edging.

Now shower & get my fishing gear together for tomorrow's Tourny.

Aren’t you too old tor that stuff, I know that I am. You need a Condo. :)

Aren’t you too old tor that stuff, I know that I am. You need a Condo. :)

yeah - I'm slowing & sadly coming to that conclusion

Just finished planting 150 begonias. Couldn’t do it in the heat of the day.
I’m done landscaping for the season except spread some mulch around tomorrow. Rest of season is maintenance

Just finished planting 150 begonias. Couldn’t do it in the heat of the day.
I’m done landscaping for the season except spread some mulch around tomorrow. Rest of season is maintenance

And cooking. ;)

Pulling up some big crabgrass. I have no shad in my yard so this stuff took off. I will also be applying a mixture of Tenacity and surfactant to get rid of the smaller stuff.

Finished reconfiguring the Banana Tree Garden...

Removed 1/2 dozen of the trees & disyributed them to friend & nieghbors.
Removed all of the Canna.
Relocated some of the ground cover & used aforementioned boulders/concrete for some rustic edging.

Now shower & get my fishing gear together for tomorrow's Tourny.

Those things grow great down their

Those things grow great down their

certainly do - I cut them all down in Fall after the first frost which wipes them out - they come back up again the fiollowing spring along with new ones - they get 12 to 15 feet in height before the frost knocks 'em back again - leaves go 3 to 4+ feet

had one start to produce fruit one year

was kinda cloudy - so doing some yardwork....................

Trimming back the Salvia. Grows like a perennial down here. Didn't know that until this year. I usually pull it out in the Fall. Failed to do that & lo & behold it came back. It's right in front of a privey screen that I have the Jasmine growing on & it's overgrowing a brick walkway that I have to use to get to my garbage cans. Greats really large.

Every time I try for the garbage I have to walk through a swarm of bees (& butterflies). Bees haven't tried to sting me yet but I don't want to give them an excuse.
;)

Also noticed one of my Banana Trees (a small one at that) is beginning to fruit. I'll try to load a picture later.

was kinda cloudy - so doing some yardwork....................

Trimming back the Salvia. Grows like a perennial down here. Didn't know that until this year. I usually pull it out in the Fall. Failed to do that & lo & behold it came back. It's right in front of a privey screen that I have the Jasmine growing on & it's overgrowing a brick walkway that I have to use to get to my garbage cans. Greats really large.

Every time I try for the garbage I have to walk through a swarm of bees (& butterflies). Bees haven't tried to sting me yet but I don't want to give them an excuse.
;)

Also noticed one of my Banana Trees (a small one at that) is beginning to fruit. I'll try to load a picture later.

Transplant the salvia to a area you don’t disturb much so the bees can be happy.

Not now of coarse

Transplant the salvia to a area you don’t disturb much so the bees can be happy.

that's the game plan for next spring - where they are I may plant 4 "recreational plants".....................

Because that's how many we're allowed to grow,
8-)