Tuesday, March 11, 2008destroying things
First time using a circular saw and I torn out part of the deck
demolished the brick planter in front of the house and found this old milk bottle from some old milk bottling company in Oakland
Fixing a basket weave fence
I love the old style basket weave fences with ivy growing around, through, over but when the next door neighbor has a large pit bull on the other side, I had to do something about the openings and my fix was to slat over the open weave but still preserve the basket weave style - worked like a charm, a little bit of a pain because I didn't want to kill the ivy but it looks great.
Fence Before
Fence After
two toned house
my neighbors must be wondering what is going on, half the house is one color, half is the new color - I'm working on it as fast as I can - can only paint when its sunny outside, part of me thinks I should just hire someone to finish the job, the other part of me - keeps telling myself - it will get done at least before the end of summer - I hope. Maybe I should have a painting party to get some help to get it done or maybe Monica's kids and friends wanna make some money and come over and help out?
I love the new colors (in case you're wondering, the color on the left is the new color)
little green pods
who knew..planting and playing in the dirt is actually relaxing, its like stepping away into another world where the phone isn't ringing, the text messages aren't popping up constantly and it just being out in the sun and doing a different kind of work....so today, I planted pansies around the tree and then irish moss staggered around the tree, I need more pansies to even it out but so far so good. I had to look up how to plant both pansies and irish moss, someone laughed at me - not mean just in a curious sort of way when I said I had to look up how to plant things - but really how would I know, I've never done it before, at least not that I can remember. I can honestly tell you I've never planted irish moss before but I like the look of the little green pods and in theory, they are going to spread out 6-8 inches across so it should fill in the tree area quite a bit. Although the potato bush and other strange ferny thing don't look right now, looks out of place.
Close up view of planting of pansies and moss with a little mint thrown in
I was a little lost on the whole concept of compost and fertilizer and had no idea what to get at Home Depot so I just grabbed what everyone else was getting, the home depot person told me the potting mix is both compost and fertilizer mixed together and it was perfect for planting - ah ok.
Tommorrow, I start digging holes for the rosemary and lavendar bushes that will go against the front of the house and then planting the lemon balm and peppermint in front of that, and oh yea, the strawberries too- should start to smell delicious outside my office window soon and its all edible flowers and herbs. And this weekend, I'll plant the orange tree.
