I've had requests to update my backyard landscape project. This is a bit off topic so forgive me. I'll keep it in this thread. There are figs in this yard though, so somewhat on topic ;)

Before -


As of today - the trellis on the left is newly completed! That is where my fan shaped espalier trees will grow.


I moved the figs around after this pic was taken so there is one potted fig behind each of the raised veggie beds.

This is my pride and joy. I love this swing! I kinda think a couple of potted figs on either side of the front posts would look very nice :)

It is beautiful!!  Sounds like a plan for the figs and you!  Swing - pick fig - swing - pick fig.  You're gonna love it!

Your yard really is beautiful.   You've put a lot of work into it and it shows.

Thanks for sharing with us!  Your swing is great, and you have a lot of areas of interest throughout the yard.!  Keep enjoying the fruits of your labor!
Suzi

I moved the figs over. On the left is Black Spanish and on the right is Atreano.

Picture perfect.

I think the two in the swing stole the show.

Dave - I was thinking the same thing!  They are adorable!

Thanks - I do love my pups. They will do anything for a cookie.

I'll do anything for a cookie

The backyard landscape looks great, especially incorporates with fig trees.  :) 

So... we got an automatic watering system involved. This is a good thing and it hits my fit trees pretty nicely and everyone gets a nice drink in the morning and evening. But when they put it in I had worries over the sprinkler aspect. I said they need to set the timer at times when my pups aren't out. Well, they didn't set it to the correct time. We got home from work, let the pups out and the sprinklers came up and went off for the first time today. Sadie loved it. Special toys just for her!!!

We promptly fixed the timer.

What is really cute is when you get an earthquake, and the whole pool goes to one side, then shifts back to the other, and spouts up... and the puppies run over to the spout, watch while the wave rolls back, sniff, and get hit in the face by the next roll.  They keep after it!  Fun for them until the wave settles down!

This happens regularly here in So CA.

Suzi

Some updates today...

Planted some pretty grasses today in front of the raised veggie beds. Nice splashes of color!
The pups look nice and proud. Poor Sadie (the one on the left) has been battling hives all day today)




My fruit trees have finally grown enough to tie down some of the limbs for direction training. Exciting :)

Of course my various squash plants have decided the trellis is a wonderful opportunity for growth.


And of course I made these little green houses for my main crop figs.

Nichole, I like the root pruning pots I see against the fence.  Awesome!

Your whole garden is amazing!  How do you keep those puppies from digging?  And, where are the chickens?

Suzi

Hmm root pruning pots. Not sure what pots you are referring to. I do have some - but they are up by the house.


The pups aren't diggers by nature. I totally lucked out. Once in a while the red/white one gets a wild hair up her butt and tries to dig into the neighbors yard (to visit him I think. She likes our kind neighbor) but that's a rare occurrence. I call her away, fill the hole and that's the end of it for another 6 months.

I'd love chickens. They were in the original plans. But they would go where my two well established hydrangeas are and I don't have the heart to rip them out. 

Soon your steps will be lined with figs.  What about a coop under the porch in the above photo, and one of those portable things to let them free-range.  You only need 2 or 3 layers to supply you with wonderful eggs daily, and fertilize your garden, eat the insects (protein to them), and they can be cuddly friends too!  UNLESS a rooster is involved!  Then you need a broom and a bat!

But the doggies will protect them from hawks and other evil creatures...

Suzi

The space underneath the small porch there is where the trash, yard waste, and recycle bins go. No spare room.

Truth be told we're hoping we can purchase a new house with more land come spring. Still gonna hold on to this house though. Will rent it out and continue to keep the garden going.

In the greenhouse photo, there are figs, and something else co-mingling on the bottom right.  Has a lot of segmented leaves and is sort of gray green.  That's not a fig, is it?  If so, what is it?

Suzi

I have some melons planted in that raised bed. Two different kinds. One is a small watermelon and one is another kind of melon though I can't recall what kind right now. So either way it's some kind of melon ;)

How are the melons?  I read melons require a lot of heat, so I have never tried it. 

Beautiful.  I really like your trellis on the left.  So envious of what you can grow there especially all the free water you get.   If I lived there, I would grow forsythia. 

I'm pretty sure the melons will be a flop but only because I was so delayed in getting them planted. I picked them up at Sky nursery and the tags said they can be grown in our cooler climate so I got them then promptly forgot them. Didnt get them planted till July. There are melons actively growing but I'm not counting on them.

Put some 'all gold' grass in the ground today, on one side of my path. I put it there because a lot of dirt and mulch gets kicked over and the thyme has been struggling. The other side is doing great! I'm hoping this will provide a barrier for the thyme to take hold and protect the path and flagstone better. Not sure if it looks stupid being all asymmetric like that. Makes my OCD side twitch a little. 

Beautiful!  Watch those grass seeds, though.  Some are sharp and can burrow into a dog's feet.