Life After Lawn...

Next month in anticipation of a nice bonus, we will begin ripping out our front yard and adding several large, tiered raised beds for edibles, meandering stone pathways, drought resistant native perennials and a tasteful natural fence around the yard made from reclaimed redwood up against which we will grow taller plants and vines in order to privatize the sanctuary to be. We will have a drip system and a water reclamation system so that the landscape will use a very minimal amount of water. In this garden, I plan to plant things that can either be eaten out of hand, cooked with, used for medicinal purposes or for fragrance. I like my landscape to be functional and have a specific purpose outside of simply looking nice. The bottom line is that we want a low maintenance, low water use, high yield, edible, fragrant, environmentally beneficial, year round garden space that we can actually relax in... It's a big project but not bigger than what we set out to do in our back yard which we're very satisfied with. I will post the progress of this project once it's underway.