and here we go!

Dave & Darcy's Tropical Oasis - A Life Experiment is a chronicle of us redoing the backyard. This is more than just relandscaping, its about our relationship with each other and mother nature. We live in sunny South Florida and are trying to create as much as possible a natural/native habitat while also providing space for our edible garden. Please feel free comment as you take this journey with us! 

Before photogs of the backyard. These pictures were taken at the very beginning of February, 2012:

back of the house

our previous small edible garden

our sad little grapefruit tree

back corner

Stains sniffing around

So as you can see the yard needed help! Even though we are only a month into it a lot has happened!

The rocks came February 3rd

back corner

creating an entrance

Since then we filled in some landscaping with various types of bromeliad - which if Dave had his choice it would be a bromeliad garden, Spindle Palms, a frangi pani that is getting ready to bloom, flax, ground orchids, Yellow and Red shrimp , Canna Lilies, a White Bird of Paradise, several types of flowering vines such as a purple passion, red bleeding heart, two different type of jasmine, and a Florida Flame vine, some aloe - which one is in the process of flowering ... I actually was told that I should have picked 5 plants for the entire garden but whats the fun in that! We even built a chickee (tiki) hut and I'm in the process of creating a timelapsed video of the build. Also, since this is our first blog or even an attempt to blog, We ask that you please bear with us as we take this journey. Thanks Dave & Darcy.