Backyard Fountain

Finally going. 

It's a powerful pump; nice waterfall sound. 

 

So the orange patch is the color we've pretty much decided on for the whole house. "Buttered Yam."

Weed Blocking Fabric

Is basically useless unless you put down two layers. Lesson learned.

Planting and more planting

The beds in the front are all planted.

The smaller bed has all California native plants.

The larger bed has a mixture of native and non-native plants. They don't look like much now, but all were selected because they are shrubs -- they'll eventually get 6, 8, 10 feet high, forming a nice natural fence/screen.

That tree against the house is a purple-leaf plum; we just put it in.