Wow, it has been months since my last post. We have had a busy spring planting 17 fruit trees, one walnut tree, and many drought tolerant, deer resistant,
perennial, California native plants. We can't say enough about the
UCSC Farm and Garden for their plant sales, pruning classes and
CSA. Here is a pic of trees on the east side of the home with some of the plants in the foreground (summer is the time for brown dead grass here in California). In the pic you see 2 avocados, 2 persimmons, 2 pomegranites and a cherry tree. Each tree is surrounded by a small deer fence to keep our most frequent four legged visitors from eating all those tender leaves. The cherry tree has 4 kinds
grafted onto one
rootstock. Having 4 kinds on one tree saves space and spreads out the harvest. Our apple, plum and asian pear trees are also multi-graft.
Remember the
rock wall Trevor built last December? We acquired about 500 square feet of salvaged red brick from
Whole House Building Supply & Salvage. Our first small project was to pave the space between the porch slab and rock wall - pic below. We set the bricks in a basket weave pattern and are very pleased with the results. The remainder of the bricks will be used someday for the south patio. Thanks for reading!
Remember the rock wall Trevor built last December? We acquired about 500 square feet of salvaged red brick from Whole House Building Supply & Salvage. Our first small project was to pave the space between the porch slab and rock wall - pic below. We set the bricks in a basket weave pattern and are very pleased with the results. The remainder of the bricks will be used someday for the south patio. Thanks for reading!
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4 comments:
I would be looking forward to the conclusion of your post. Your landscaping experience is not finished yet and so there's a continuation of these posts. Or did we just miss the final product?
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Mike, thanks a lot for providing a very detailed blog of your home constitution process. I'm planing on building my own home and you've inspired me in many ways.
Thanks for all your time,
Brandon
I just read your blog when searching for info on Apex blocks. Great job on documenting it all so well! I learned quite a bit and hope to use a lot of it in the house I'm building over the next year or so. Thanks for all the great info!
Mike.... I am thoroughly impressed with everything you have done! Incredible. Im researching the process of using Apex blocks to build my own house. Im in Southern California and have no idea what the building codes are yet, so not sure if these blocks are even an option for me. I appreciate all your detailed efforts to create this diary of your work. Im learning a lot fast. Thanks!
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