Diggin' this.....

Diggin' this.....

April 21st -- There were some wonderful April showers over the weekend, which means May flowers and planting season is not far behind.  And, right on cue, the landscape crew arrived and decided to begin digging the trenches for the new irrigation system.  While over 80% of the former lawn will be (or has already been removed), the new irrigation system will keep the city-owned, but homeowner maintained, front  parkway green, along with a bit of lawn in the front yard.  The rest of the irrigation system is designed to have two drip zones -- one for the perennial beds and raspberries and the other for the raised veggies/flower beds for the back yard.  A "blank" irrigation lead is being installed for a future shrub zone for the west side of the house.

  Here is the parkway and the front lawn. The photos that follow show the trenches for the irrigation system.
 These photos show the trenches for the irrigation system.

Here is the irrigation line that will water the lemon thyme that will be planted around the flagstone patio off the south side deck.

Here is the irrigation line from the flagstone patio around the rear-entry to the garage.

Here is the irrigation line that will go to the raised beds to the back yard.

Speaking of the backyard...the landscape contractor and I marked off where the raised beds will be.  There will be two approximately 3' by 8' beds running east to west here for greens and cutting flowers, while I will try to rescue the flower bed that runs along the garage, shown here.

On this side of the backyard we marked off two 8' by 8' raised beds for veggies.  This will also leave room for a planting area near the fence for "climbers" such as a hops ladder, and other crops.






The first load of flagstone should arrive tomorrow!  The post holes for the front and rear fences should be dug later in the week.

With all this work beginning now, there is an even chance that I might actually have a veggie garden this summer.