Saturday May 19, 2012

Well we are well on our way with landscaping this week.but first the X Spot showing what 11 trucks of soil look like from that angle. Even as they start leveling it out for the lawns.

Around the back we have plants and trees waiting for a home.

We started planting at the edge of the back patio Thats Jamie hiding behind the greenery.

The next morning we see the result of Jamie our gardener working long after dark the night before.

Here a truck delivers a load of high mountain grassland soil, that area is called the Paramo, is above the treeline and acts as a giant sponge for the moisture on the mountains. This organic soil is the result of years and years of grass building up the topsoil.

Here is what most of the 11 loads looked like from the back corner of the lot.

Out front before Jamie started his magic.

And here is his creation with three ficus trees and a small field of flowers.

Up close to the house on the right of the front door looked like this: Before photo

Here is the after, we will add some decorative stones in the center.

Over to the left of the front entrance a row of Hydrangeas with Bougainvillea On the corner and in the middle.

Around the corner another Bougainvillea, we will have many of them all around the house and when the walls go up around them too.

Here the collection is dwindling and we need to go to Quito next week and get more.

That's all for now folks