Robert's Home & Garden

SoCal home, garden, family and anything else that comes along. Master Gardener since 2007. Zones: Sunset 22, USDA 10a.

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Edible Landscaping. Avocado Island, free standing stone wall, rain collection basin; Citrus wall with rain basin; Helix Garden: deciduous fruit trees with rain and greywater basin, urbanite wall with seating.

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Therapy Chick. Woman in checkout line at HomeDepot had a chick i its own little cart. She told me it was a therapy chicken, as Granny had a siitin’ chicken on the Beverly Hillbillies.

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Wall. Free standing retaining stone wall. Behind it we’ll plant avocado trees, then a retaining basin to help capture rain water.

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Urbanite. Cut cement patio area into building material. This will be used to line sunken area lined with fruit trees. Watering will be rain water, greywater and drip sprinklers

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Xmas light extension. Ran extension cord around garage using wood clamps. Saw a neighbor had done this.

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Time to start planning your garden! What do you like to grow?

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Garage remodel. None of the existing cross beams were worth saving, nor the supports for the garage door. Top picture shows all old beams removed, and bottom shows replacement lumber: 2x8x24'. As we're adding attic (with storage), larger lumber is needed.

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Bathrooms @ Y. Any way you want/need it.

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Back flow. Best to have one of these on your spigot before spraying poison. I'm spraying insecticide Permethrin for a flea outbreak at our home. $5 USD insures that we're not drinking the insecticide in our tap water!

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Foundation. Used concrete patch on exposed foundation to prevent further deterioration. Then on to patching stucco, leveling/sloping soil, and topping with mulch.

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Rotary hammer. This stucco wall only took me 1.75 hours to do with my new Bosch Bulldog. Prior shorter wall took me a week and I was exhausted. But not today! Of the many extras: virtually no dust, work standing up, and didn't hurt my strained wrist.

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Free compost. And mulch from Mira Mesa landfill in San Diego. Pictured is free mulch and compost in truck bed.

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Dry grass? On trouble shooting, found house water cut-off valve was partially closed! On opening, water pressure back to 78psi, or normal. Unsure how this happened, but many hands touched during remodel.

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Rooster. Neighborhood has chickens. We'd herd this chickens before walking dogs, and saw this guy out and about.

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Chews. Peppy show off his chew skills

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Footing. An old wall footing was one of many reasons our bedroom corner was a water disaster-to-happen. A 69lb jackhammer removed one of the offenders. Screened soil for crap and concrete pieces.

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Jacaranda tree. Bumper crop this year in SanDiego! A tree you like to admire in a neighbors yard.