overgrown bamboo
The back yard was large and sunny but also suffered from neglect. Patchy sod, a huge compost pile consisting of bamboo sticks, leaves and pine needles and two homemade raised beds. There was also a huge uncontrolled bamboo grove, seemingly planted without any consideration for the plant’s pervasive nature. No easy feat mind you. We bought the house with a barren back yard. Nothing but a few flat pavers and raspberry bushes.
back yard before
here is the old yard
construction debris in backyard
- It took 2 full summers to get the garden we have now. A lot of it I did myself and some of it was done by Marcos, a daylaborer.
- seed beds
I asked him to make me three perennial beds, put in some new sod and create a small space for vegetables. After that I put in new soil and edged the perennial beds. I planted hundreds of perennial seeds in small circles, marking each one. I also planted a few trees, a fig, an apple and various small bushes.
flower beds
Space Place House 
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