It has been more than 7 days since I started this journal of my Gardening Made Simple project, and so far I have met some interesting challenges. As I said in the last entry, I had to cut back the Lantana that grows on my neighbors fence and covers the fence we share. Now I have this lovely view of the street. This is good and bad, good because we can see our neighborhood and bad because now we have no privacy. Another constraint I face is the old Sweet Olive growing in the side of my yard. This is one of my favorite aspects of my landscape, it shade is nice and it screening but its placement and shade are something I have to consider when designing this project.
View from the Porch

View from the Porch

This is the walkway from the front of the house to the back kitchen door. This area is primarily used for utility purposes, like the trash. It is hard to roll the trash cans in and out of this space and it looks really bad. My idea for this space is to increase the hard surface and grow a vine on the fence. When I demo this area it will give me the ability to correct the drainage problems and install irrigation.

Walkway to Kitchen Door

Walkway to Kitchen Door

Walkway Problems

Walkway Problems

This is the corner of the house and a contiuation of the cracked walkway. All of this is coming up and I am going to connect the beds viually while keeping the access to the utility area.

Left Side of House

Left Side of House

Right Side of House

Right Side of House

These two pictures are of the front entry of the house. Here you can see the small amount of work that I have done. It is a low maintenace simple landcape, in the spring and fall I plant color along the front and it looks really good. I am just ready for the rest of the house to reflect these beds.

I have taken my pictures and measurements, thought long and hard about what I want to accomplish. Now it is time to plan the design and get the materials.

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