Does it look like a lot of dirt to you too?

You can just see the jasmine plants under the tree here. They are soooo happy now that they have been planted - they are all suddenly producing flowers.

The backflow preventor - the single most expensive piece in the irrigation project. But it keeps our drinking water safe!

Does it look like a bunch of weeds? Look again...there are 5 small rose bushes, 3 foxglove that are past their bloom and some lily bulbs that are coming up. It takes a lot of patience to start out small! :) The 5 rose bushes that are here are: William Shakespeare, By Appointment, Geoff Hamilton, Mary Magdalene, and A Shropshire Lad. You can look them up on http://heirloomroses.com/.

The driveway circle is barren, but you can see the two planters that we built. We will plant a dwarf magnolia tree in the smaller one. You can see the valve box on the left. Although the object of doing the irrigation correctly is that when you are finished, you don't notice the irrigation or its components, it is one of the things I am most proud of. I designed the system and have helped Ken put it together. Who ever thought I'd learn how to do this stuff?