Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Landscaping time 2


First of all thanks to all my lovely blogger friends for their beautiful encouraging comments. You have encouraged me so much that I get much enthusiasm to post the next step of our landscaping journey. 


After the heavy work on last weekend, we didn’t do much on the garden. Moreover, Mr. Man had his office. So, throughout the week I did little by little to give a little shape to the garden. First job was to remove the soil which was piled up all over the place in order to make the stoned path. Actually, it was the next big job. Mr. Man wanted to hire someone to remove the soil. I didn’t argue with him. However, I had a plan in my mind. I took the full opportunity of his absence during weekdays. 

Through out the week I remove the dirt little by little. I was not possible task for me to remove dirt in one day. On the top of that California native soil is not at porous and light. Instead of that it is very heavy and tight. It is difficult to shovel the dirt. So I took almost entire week to do that. Then I planted some little pansies, and daisies around the stone path. Still the planting precess is going on.

On Friday Mr. Man and I planted few the shrubs we bought earlier. The positive side of the shrubs is they will last forever, but on the other side they may grow wild without continuous care. Still, we wanted to plant as many shrubs as we can. We want our front yard to be green through out the year. For that we can do extra work. We don’t want grass on our front yard. Although it is easier to maintain grass , but grass needs more water. After seven long years California is declared drought free. So, we thought that, it is better to preserve water. As we all know grass needs lots of water.  

Here are few of the pictures of our progress. It’ll take time, but we are very hopeful for the beautiful outcome. 

29 comments:

Nancy Chan said...

Combined effort by Mr Man and you get the work done faster. I am grateful that my hubby is also helping me with some garden project right now. Looking forward to more progress in your garden.

Miguel Gouveia said...

Thanks a lot :D

amazing work my friend

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Teresa said...

Has hecho un gran trabajo. Besitos.

Beauty Unearthly said...

Lovely post dear! Have a great day! xx

Julie's Creative Lifestyle said...

That is such hard work you are both doing your selves. It will take a while but I am sure it will look beautiful when it is all finished. Good luck.

♥ Łucja-Maria ♥ said...

Dear Krishna!
Sending you peace, love and Easter Blessing.
Wishing you a beautiful Easter.
Lucja

Jeanie said...

It sounds as though your soil is a lot like mine. We have a lot of clay in the soil. It's very hard to dig into when it is dry and very heavy when it is wet -- there's not a lot of in-between. So good you don't do it all at once or your back might be very sore indeed! But it will be lovely when done!

unjardinsostenible said...

Veo muy bien Krishna el desarrollo de tu pequeño jardín y como bien dices, el agua es un bien común que todos debemos de cuidar al máximo. El pasto necesita de mucha agua y existen otras opciones mucho más bonitas, de poco mantenimiento y poco consumo de agua. Seguro que lo vas a conseguir.
Me agrada mucho todo lo que comentas en tu perfil y me uno a lo comentado por ti. Una mujer creo, se puede sentir mucho más realizada como ama de casa que trabajando en una empresa, seguro, que tiempo tendrás más adelante si te apetece. Esa dedicación que prestas hoy, será un gran recuerdo y redundara en un beneficio mutuo como pareja y luego como madre que no se puede cuantificar, esa dedicación como pareja, madre y ese amor por los tuyos siempre se verá eternamente recompensado y nunca podrá ser sustituido por un sueldo por elevado que este sea en una empresa. Mis felicitaciones por esa gran decisión.
Un abrazo de este gran enamorado de la jardinería desde tierras alicantinas España.

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Kathy Leonia said...

i love gardens:)

Elena M said...

Love your review as always ))

Kisses :)

♥ Łucja-Maria ♥ said...

Dear Krishna!
Can not find channel for your URL.
I am sorry for not commenting on your blog.
Hugs and greetings.
Lucja

Judy at GoldCountryCottage said...

Krishna, your garden is going to look beautiful. I agree about the lawn using too much water and they are in the process of raising our water rates again and they are sky high already. We have been talking about taking most, if not all of our lawn out for a couple of years now, so hope we will come up with a plan and do it this summer. Thanks for your nice visit and have a Happy Easter..Judy

Kinga K. said...

Lovely❤

Debbie-Dabble Blog and A Debbie-Dabble Christmas said...

Krishna,
You are making wonderful progress!! It is going to look beautiful when it is all finished!!
Hugs,
Dbe

doodles n daydreams said...

Well done. Your garden is going to look wonderful when you are finished.
Diana

Carolina G. Ticala said...

Oh , me encanta plantar flores y cuidar mi jardín!
Feliz fin de semana! 🌷🌷🌷

Mirtillo14 said...

Un bel lavoro che darà risultati nel tempo. Buona Pasqua.

Betsy said...

Shaping up so very nice. Thank you for showing your progress, I enjoy reading and seeing how you are coming along.
Happy Easter
Betsy

The Liberty Belle said...

I hope your pansies, daisies, and other plantings thrive and bless you with their beauty.

Carolina G. Ticala said...

Todo es precioso! Espero verte pronto por mi blog! Felices pascuas! 🐇🐇🐇🐣🐣🐣

Buba said...

Hello, nice post and really amazing blog.
Would you like to follow each other?
Kisses :)

Kinga K. said...

Feliz Pascua :)

Luana said...

it is a work that takes time!
can't wait to see it finished! :D

xoxo
Guria do Século Passado

Rafaela Biscassi said...

Beautiful garden.

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Linda @ Life and Linda said...

I am sure free all of your hard work, your garden will look fabulous. I hope your Easter was lovely.

Cynthia said...

You are smart to plan for a low-water yard. Then you don’t have to worry about losing plants in a drought, or paying for expensive water. It’s going to be beautiful and you will appreciate it even more having done the hard work yourselves.

white and vintage said...

I like gardening so much. It will look nice, when you are finished.

Magic Love Crow said...

Alot of hard work, but very rewarding! Big Hugs!

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