You may wonder what a chemist does in retirement... other than doing the majority of the grocery shopping, preparing delicious dinners & making yummy bread in his new lab oops!, I mean kitchen.
We knew we wanted a garden so Dan created this 3 tiered space and then planted lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, swiss chard and various herbs. We enjoyed its bounty right thru the fall.
Then the real work began. One objective was to have no grass that would require a in ground sprinkler system. Remember, we now live in a desert! I really can't recall any rainfall between May and October. So, if you want grass the automatic sprinklers are essential. Yards & yards of topsoil, mulch & stone were dumped on our driveway. The wheelbarrow and lots of muscle were needed to transport it to it's designated space.
Many trips to the various garden shops resulted in drought tolerant flowers/bushes/plants that will hopefully grow into our desert oasis. Dan did a terrific job and Amy & I are grateful for all his hard work!
Ahhhh... A job well done!
2 comments:
Betcha never thought the phrase "drought-tolerant" would be so important. Funny how quickly our perspective can change when we move to the desert.
Our big accomplishment is a 500 gallon water container under our drainpipe to collect the little rain we actually DO get here in W.TX. Funny thing, homes here are not even built with gutters! Our water bills aren't that bad (I don't really water the grass, just the garden and fruit trees)...but if they get higher, I'm going to look into re-routing the rinse water from our washing machine!
The yard looks GREAT! Nice to see Dan enjoying his retirement. Guess you had a retirement of your own from shopping and cooking ;-)
Someone call HG TV--- you could be on some DIY special!
Looks excellent....hopefully someday I'll get to enjoy it for myself- but it's nice to see you Uncle Dan getting to enjoy it after all his hardwork!
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