Busy weekend!

What a busy weekend we had! We spent Saturday adding new plants, mulching and really just enjoying what we have created.While Darcy was taking pictures of our progress, we caught this little guy in the act of eating and/or laying eggs on our poor little grapefruit tree. This poor little tree came from Dave's parents backyard in Palmetto Bay (the house Dave grew up in) and has had a really hard time accumulating to the backyard. It was moved from the shade to full sun and seemed to be doing ok but the bugs are getting the better of it. Not to mention it has never produced any fruit. We haven't given up hope yet!   

Staghorns are up!

We were able to hang the Staghorn Darcy mounted last week; however, Dave did not like it mounted for a horizontal hang and hung it vertically instead. As much as Darcy tried to explain that it wasn't mounted to grow vertically ... you can see he got his way. We only hope the Staghorns don't care and will grow regardless how it's hanging!

 


We decided to plant the strawberries since the were actually rooting through the pots.

flowers beautiful flowers!

finished Chickee/tiki hut

The Chickee is finished and we are now awaiting the decking guys to get out - hoping for this week or next! 

time for some chillaxing!

 

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.