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Crushed rock and flagstone. The rock is still a little dusty. After rinsing, it’s more of a peachy color.Posted by...

Flowerbeds edged with Epic border, mow strip and veggie bed. They’re gonna hate me on Tuesday, when work resumes, cuz I’m gonna ask for the veggie beds to be shortened by around a foot so there’s more room to walk around them at the ends. A peachy...

Flagstone sitting area… Still being laid out, but you can get a sense of the flagstone color and sizes. They were nice enough to use the table and chairs as a guide for setting the stones for minimizing awkward dips and bumps.Posted by...

Playground Bark! As for that weird box sticking up in the foreground, it controls the pool lights. Was it put in a dumb place? Yes. You know those hokey fake rock covers? That’s what I’m thinking of “disguising” it with.Posted by...

An Impulsive bit of lawn!

Posted by Hello The cool thing about not working from a plan is that you can design in real space and real time! When I decided to add a small patch of lawn between the pool decking and crushed gravel paths around the rectangular veggie beds, all we had to do was lay...

The mow strips are in!

Posted by Hello There were a few unexpected glitches, the worst part being that they occurred before I was properly caffeinated, but in the end everything went well! The mow strips are curing (it was hot today, so we had to mist them a bit) and most of the irrigation...

play structure under trees, to left of poolPosted by Hello It’s great having the play structure under trees. The only disadvantage of the tree cover is that it gets pretty webby without regular blasts from a...