Xeriscape garden
Xeriscape aims to use plants that require the natural sunlight and rainfall of a region. Truthfully, here that would be yucca, candlestick cactus and rabbit brush. But with a little water ($20-30/mo. in the summer) you can have a beautiful garden.
This was my first drystack wall. One can get a permit from BLM and haul your own stone for domestic purposes. It costs $15/ton and you have 9 days per permit (up to 5 permits I think it is...)
Water-wise gardens are part of sustainability in arid regions.
This was my first drystack wall. One can get a permit from BLM and haul your own stone for domestic purposes. It costs $15/ton and you have 9 days per permit (up to 5 permits I think it is...)
Water-wise gardens are part of sustainability in arid regions.
Garden before and after (see the brick wall on the right replaced eventually w/cob bench)
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Big boulders were purchased from neighbor who brought them in with a forklift.
I took down the chainlink fence so a truck could deliver 15 tons of topsoil.
I took down the chainlink fence so a truck could deliver 15 tons of topsoil.
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I'd had a difficult time coming up with a design. I finally figured it out during a talk while waiting for my student to present.
Here is the layout with the first few plants in place.
Here is the layout with the first few plants in place.
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The first season was so pretty. I had a drip irrigation system that worked great.