For the past 2+ months we have had the biggest mess going on in our front yard and across the street courtesy of City Storm Water.  This construction has been on the books for two years or more, and they finally made it to our street.  They were replacing the original metal corrugated storm drains with new concrete ones.  The original storm drains were breaking down and after running a camera down the pipes, we were told the street in front of our house would collapse if the pipes weren't replaced.  (Now that really would have been a mess!)  A portion of our front yard and about a third of our driveway were torn up.  The good news is that the work is now complete and we have curbing in front of our house, and I must admit, it looks nice.  All that is left for the city to do is to put down new asphalt.  

 

Now that may be all that is left for the City to do, but there is added landscaping to be done ... like PLANTING DWARF MONDO!!!  We do love our dwarf mondo!  

Just received 750 pints of dwarf mondo.  I doubt that we are the UPS guy's favorite people!

      No, Maple and Kiwi, this is not for you to play in!

In addition to the dwarf mondo, Tom is adding some 

Camellia sasanqua "Shi Shi Gashira' to the construction area.  As they grow, Tom will pin down the branches to create a groundcover effect.  We have done this in a couple of other areas in the garden, and it works well.