October 15, 2008

  • More back yard work

    I think that is my new name.. 'Back yard work'. Back yard is the project we have agreed to focus on. .. and there is so much of it needs working on before it is over.. I know it will never be completed but...

    Tired as I am right now, I am wondering if I should just load up the sprayer with green paint... 

    We have done some temporary plantings to get some things started and now we are changing direction on some of those projects.. they are too work intensive, dirty, in the wrong area for the plants or just don't work out.

    I know that the red flower bed will need to go across the yard.. but, the red Amaryllis and Azalea will need shade. That means I'll have to get a tree in there and soon. It will still be months before I can get the red bed moved, so, some things I'll just have to live with...for a while.

    Other things, like the hand fern did not like where they were.. even though there are plantings 10 and 20 feet away and they love it. Check out the other hand ferns, Laeae,  in the background behind the chairs. Go Figure? !
       
    This morning, we tore the fern out of the Pygmy Palm rock island (section) and replaced them with Indian Hawthorne.
       

    Having lived with them at almost every other house, they are like old friends and easy maintenance. Both, score high in my book!
    ( don't be looking at those weeds.. I've been ignoring them.)  

    I have spread out 10 bags of black cinders for ground cover and I need another 10. These are too tiny and need to be deep in order to cover the soil, and they will also be easier for the winds to carry off.
    I get that size rock on my hair and clothing on the days the trades really blow, so I know~ That means I'll have to look for larger chunks,

    I got more pebbles for the fox tail fern...I have already been through two other plants in that area, including Calla Lillys, next is evergreen shrubs.  While they are another of my faves, we are trying to live Hawaiian /Tropical.
    I don't mind the work getting these plants in, but is disappointing to have them not survive.

    We have no winter climate, so weeds grow 24/7 and the bugs have no winter to keep them in control.
       
    I've stashed my tomato pits in the edges of the pineapple bed. My Pygmy Palm is the centerpiece is doing nicely, but the real show is the white pineapple growing so tall.
    I was going to try to purchase more while pineapple plants but.. toooo pricey! I'll keep hunting for white pineapples themselves at the farmers markets and plant the tops and have the pleasure of eating the rest, still, hard to find!

    Grass! We have no grass out back and it has been irritating to say the least... Returning from the mainland this past visit, I made a promise to myself, that I would focus on getting the back yard completed and knock down the dust.
    It is not that I have to have grass, but it seems like the least maintenance work over all.  And we have our own septic system and leach field.. that pretty much determines nothing with long root system so there goes the park theme plan . 
    Totally today, I went through 10 bags of black cinders, 5 bags of pebbles and two bags of super soil. I need that same amount again, just to finish just these projects that I have started.  That is on the list for the next Kona run.
    I'm pooped~
    I have many many more yard projects...Tomorrow is rock moving day. that is , if I decide to even dare get out of bed.   

    And what is this little creature.. He is a beautiful copper bronze color.
      
    I've never seen one of these before.. I'm not too sure I want to be his friend either.
    .. whippy tail!

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