Spring

Spring!!

Hanging with Betzi in the AM. 

Succulents

One day last year Carrie came home from a garage sale with a flat of 4" plastic pots filled with propagated succulent cuttings. I never played around with succulents but when Carrie showed up with all those little plants I started to get my hands dirty. I have know idea what the name is of any of the succulents but it's a kick growing and propagating new plants.

Carrie's garden patio off the guest house. More succulents and ma dooggie.

Finally Rain

My 1,800 gallon cistern is finally filling up. All it takes is three inches of rain to fill these suckers up. But here in southern California the drought has taken it's toll. Now that the cistern is full a hose attached to the overflow redirects the the excess water to anywhere in the garden that can use a little extra saturation.

Remains of Autumn

While recovering from hip replacement surgery I supervise the kids while they help cleanup the autumn leaf fall. Work it guys!

Time for Rain

First rain of the season...a night of rain. Well at least some rain. Not enough to claim victory over the drought.

Nandina

Looking at you

Recent garage find that I restored. Total cost for both chairs $35. The little homemade heavy steel table between the chairs is also a garage sale find.

Salvia and "Rogers Red" Native California Grape.

The Guest House

The guest house at our home. 

Private entrance

Sitting room adjacent to the kitchen with plenty of natural light.

Full kitchen with stacked washer and dryer in the far corner (added after this picture was taken)

Large bedroom with a full size bed

Full bath

Private Patio

The guest house also has it's own HVAC and washer/dryer. 
Also
- Full bed and dresser in the bedroom and a dinette set in the kitchen.
- Television and basic cable.
- Wifi

Bird Houses

 Couple of bird houses and a cow bell that Carrie brought home from a garage sale. A lot of the what you see in my garden are garage sale finds. Buying new crap is just not much fun. There's plenty of junk that's looking for a home other then in the dump.