cinagel | Gardening...Still making me feel sane this month. (Reply)

I thought I was going to have to work on Saturday, luckily I wasn't needed so my plans to take control over the backyard were still in effect...and i am still sore as Hell.

We've entered Phase 1 of backyard take over. That was pretty much get all the grass and weeds that cropped up during the crazy rains gone and under control. Needless to say it was funtime with the weedwacker for several hours. All paid off though because now the backyard looks nice, green and manicured..well the parts that we worked on look manacured. I plan to venture out there again this week and work on getting the landscaping cloth and mulch down were we don't plan to plant anything. Then, hopefully soon I can head to the local nursery and pick up a Jasmine bush and a rose bush. I really want to plant those in the backyard to keep with that Mediterranian feel we're sorta going for.
The front yard is doing good. Max said he'll mow the lawn while I'm at work so HUZZAH! The jungle shall be gone soon! My English Primrose is doing really well in the front. Well enough for me to consider picking up some more to put here and there. And my Kangaroo's foot appears to be surviving though it almost ended up getting too dried out earlier. I'm hoping it makes a full comback soon. And now we're growing Orange Bellpepers in the front yard which will look FABULOUS!
Also, I figured out that blueberries should work in the Flower Bed of No Return. So I'll hopefully find a bush to plant there along with maybe some Azalias or Daffodills. I heard all of those love sunlight and slightly acidic soil that the pine needles drop in there.

In other news:
I managed to get some Geocaching in this weekend as well. Ketill and I hit Old Town and managed to find some fun cache's there. We walked for OMG forever and had a blast, ending our trip at Creole Cafe. YUM! I love Old Town. I really need to hop on the Trolly soon, head down there, and just do some fun window shopping around the area...and have lunch at Creole of course. The area makes me smile...even if they did close down my favorite tea shop in San Diego.
On Saturday, before the Backyard takeover, Max and I grabbed lunch at Lidos and had amazing meatball sandwhiches. Then paid a visit to his Brother Jeff, then headed to Home Depot to pick up a few things. Max is currently clearing out the garage to set up his woodworking shop. So far he has cleaned that garage pretty damn good. We finally got rid of all the crap the pervious owners left in the garage plus all the old moving boxes that ended up burried in there when we first moved in. He already built a work bench in the back and just build another one to put my grandpa's lathe on. Looks fan-freakin-tastic! All we have to do now is get the war stuff organized in there and VIOLA! Also, he said he also will be building me a shelf over my washer/dryer so I have a place to put all the wash stuff. TOTALLY excited for that.

So yeah, things have been active at the Chateau de Nom Nom. The sun has come out and I've been feeling far more human than I have in the past couple of weeks. I already man lining up the projects. Estrella is currently up in the air so I'm going to focus on some other things like my Victorian and my LoJ costume which I have epic plans for. I also want to hide away and finally start my dollhouse kit.

2011..so far so good.

I leave you with some pretty I found while geocaching:

A beautiful tiny garden at the Lemon Grove Historical Society. A gorgous tree in bloom at Presido Park and my favorite tree outside the Creole Cafe.