Getting the Mail

#1 From front porch -- heading out

$2 just across from our carport 

We have a lovely group of friends back on the continent who follow our blog.

Recently someone said they had not seen photos of this years landscape development (terraforming) along the long driveway. So we thought we would give you a "walk" down to get the mail -- following the South side on the way down to the gate and the North side as we come back up with the mail.

#3 Corgi tails wagging along the way

Several things contributed motivation for this years work. Most encouraging was the lovely summer we had -- not as hot as last year, and with a very steady rainfall averaging about 1/2 inch nightly. We will soon have a couple of mainland visitors which also gave us good motivation. After four years of work, there are very few "wild" areas remaining, but they can just wait until next year.

Enjoy the walk to get the mail with us! (If you want to see BIGGER images, just click-click for larger images.)

#4 - Dec 2015 after bobcat removed mounds of invasive species

#5 - After a year of work, creating lava beds for plants

#6 - end of the 66' lava wall and bed

# 7 Amphitheater area featuring Ganesh in front 

# 8 Reba, Poko and Lani at the gate

# 9 Newest beds completed during just this month 

#10 coming back up the drive - on the south side

#11 - 3 Ironwood trees (12" when planted in March! over 6'

#12 - shady beds with big Hapu'u ferns for shade

#13 is just before our 4-car parking area

#14 - ...and back home again!