An Alien Landed in My Garden

This is a brand-spanking new install in San Jose.  The big idea was succulents with the tagline: The Weirder the Better.  We had so much fun doing this garden.  No drawing, not even a doodle!  We set out on day one with a can of landscape paint with the homeowner and mapped out the bones.  Came back with soil and boulders for mounding and contouring...

After the canvas was properly prepared, we brought in the anchor plants: a wickedly cool Acacia, a Cercidium, and a Chilopsis.  The rest was a mix of tough native plants and succulents.  Set on a backdrop of black mulch and granite, as the plants fill in their colors will pop like fireworks.

And as for the rest of the neighborhood and their lawns, we would love to come back and help you out as well!

Networking and Netresting

This is more of a To Do list, than a blog entry.  I cannot generate the narrative at this time, so here is the unpolished version of what is going on:
-wrapping up 2010 and getting started with taxes
-working with designer on branding
-getting through some significant wintertime repairs and machine maintenance
-cleaning the shop
-renewing just about everything from CLCA membership to truck insurance
-editing copy and photos for website
-and all the day to day biz: designs, bids, project management, field work, project tracking

I am going to add cloning.  If I could just clone myself, or, better yet, hire someone who is able to work twice as hard in half the time...  Ethics and labor laws would have to be rewritten.