Last week of August, the remains of our dead lawn and old irrigation system were removed. During the first week of September the guys built 2 redwood planters and set up a new irrigation system to supply 4 existing citrus trees, 2 new raised beds and 4 existing planting beds. Week of September 7, every day this week close to 100 degrees. On one of the hottest days this year, two truck loads of River Rock were delivered and our workers hauled the 11 yards of 1 1/2 " pebbles to the backyard. So now time to get succulents in place. Saturday the 12th should only get to 84 degrees today so finally able to get some planting done. Need to push to get something in the ground, state inspectors require 25% of the turf area to be replaced with drought tolerant plantings. I am using succulent starts to surround the 4 planting beds. Also need to have an existing or new tree incorporated into the new design. I have 4 citrus in place so that requirement is covered. Wednesday the 16th two County Water Agency Inspectors come by to check the new installation, they approved our work, signed off our paperwork, so the "check is in the mail" from the county.

So now my focus is getting the perennial planting beds and succulent starts healthy and growing so I can upload photos of this work to the State Rebate Program.