2026-01-27 18:49:51
African Daisy. Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, California, USA. December 2025. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 90mm F3.5 #descansogardens #garden #daisy
Foodies forgive us, though we know exactly what we do. We had so much garlic from the garden this year that now absolutely has to be late planted, eaten or stored that we have resorted to Jarlic. 🌱 #gardening #oklahoma
#poolpond progress today as we approach spring. Need to clear out the backyard enough so I can get a local guy with a mini bulldozer to soread out and flatten out the dirt mountain.
I came to a realization over the winter that leaving the lining as is in the pool with just a bottom of gravel and nothing on the sides is definitely not an option.
Turns out if the hole is emptied in the rainy season, then water will drain into the gap between the lining and earth... bulging the lining out into the cavity. Nope. Not good. keeping water in it keeps things in place, but realstically winter and spring will be when I want to do cleaning and stuff.
So that means I must do my best rock wall building up the sides this spring once the surrounding ground dries. This was my original plan, but I had hoped to do it without grouting or cement. That was a mistake on my part that I learned in earnest in August.
So now, all the various rock sizes piled around the yard is not going anywhere.... BUT at least with the leftovers from the fence i have material to build some forms to help with the wall building....
So that's why my attention for preparing for spring will turn to reactivating the surrounding yard.
So I need to find a place closer to the house to move what rock is left. Ugh. heavy work. And I realized today that someone has taken our garden cart 😢 boo.
oh well, onward we go! There is light at the end of the project!
#diy #backyardPond #Gardening #portalberni #landscaping
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Expansions
Mita Gami, Garden City Movement:
🎵 Terracotta
#MitaGami #GardenCityMovement
https://open.spotify.com/track/5mEh85W2TOrf2ieHkIA0JE
amongst the various start-of-semester things to do today, I started a new backup 800gb of a Time Machine backup onto a HFS formatted disk image.
and also planted my "vegehome" with a fresh batch of little plant plugs. Look at their little plastic domes. 🥰
Once these lettuces and stuff run their course, I want to try something a little bigger... like maybe starting a little fruit tree.
#office #worklife #viu #garden #growing #backup #tech