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yard
Project Status: 65% complete
Completed Items: planted a Japanese maple, two
lilacs, a rosebush, three stands of bamboo, and two street trees;
relocated several existing plants, bushes, and shrubs; removed rotted
cherry tree and two diseased apple trees; pruned overgrown bushes, trees,
and shrubs; dug out slope to create terraces in back yard; built four
retaining walls of varying heights; shaped slopes with leftover dirt from
back yard; used found bricks to create planting boundaries on northwestern
corner; installed river rock in street planter strips; bark dusted in
rockery and rear planting bed; setup composting Earth Machine; hauled and installed chipped granite gravel
for walking and patio surfaces; killed off majority of grass using
newspaper as a biodegradable weed barrier; built raised planting beds for
vegetable garden; cultivate and plant raised planting
beds; finish putting down newspaper weed barrier; bark dust everywhere;
create berms along southern property line; find outdoor furniture;
Punch List: install 6' good neighbor fence
on southern property line; clean out street planting beds, put down more
weed barrier, and reinstall river rock; start installing groundcover,
plants, bushes and shrubs for landscaping; install
small garden shed; install rain barrel irrigation system |
