Had a long conversation with our next-door neighbor a couple of days ago and we got to talking about my plans to pull up all the grass in my yard and replace it with a garden of shrubs, flowers, and edible plants.
We will basically have two gardens: one up on the roof for us; and the other in the front yard will serve as a sort of community garden, with herbs, edible flowers, a lemon tree, lime tree, and goodness knows what else.
Phase one of the plan was carving out a 7'x3' garden right up against the house, as noted in the April Gardening Report below.
Speaking of which, the plumbago on the roof has gone mad...
And the nicotiana (poisonous) is just moments away...
Phase Two became laying down stones adjacent to the neighbors driveway to, in effect, extend the driveway. These same neighbors had already laid stones down on the OTHER side of their driveway - the part that was absolutely "in their yard." I mentioned to her that we'd like to put the same kind of stone down on OUR side of their driveway, and she promptly volunteered to do it herself. Sure enough, the very next day, she was out there with her son, laying in sand, stone and rocks. Now THAT'S action.
She put in 1'x2' stones, surrounded by rocks. Did a good job too.
Took only five stones to complete.
I have no idea what Phase 3 will be. We're open to suggestion.
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