Initial consult: Dormant New Sod that was installed by the builder in 2016/Dead and damaged. Extremely overloaded with late cool season weeds and transitional warm season weed growth. Extracted soil for soil testing to determine what we'd be working with structure wise and best management practices going forward for the client.

Photo: Lauren Dunec Hoang © 2017 Houzz

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When we arrived to this 178 acre farm in Free Union, the invasive species and overgrazing had depleted the soil of all nutrients. There was very little native wildlife. After remediating the soil, installing division fences, waterer systems, and bush hogging the field, the wildlife is starting to come back, and native plants and grasses are rooting. No more weed trees and autumn olives everywhere. This, is a happy field for happy livestock.

Under the Avocado tree I planted tough plants that can take the shade and the competition for water and nutrients. The plants you see in the picture are Agave attenuata, and ferns. I also planted variegated Lirope ( which you can'tt see here) that will add brightness, spread and colonize a nice large swath on the sloped side of the tree.

California Sister butterfly (Adelpha bredowii) "puddling" on wet ground Photo by Treebeard

Eradication of both cool season and warm season transitional weeds thru selective treatment. as it was at poor dormant stasis with the time of year be it mid May and should have been in mid activity, we amended soils both tending to its structure foundation and also tending to the turf types needs at one time the week prior, then properly mowed and cleaned up the turf areas.

This peach tree was nearly dead in an abandoned corner of the landscape. Peaches like more water and 'cool' feet than is available here in the high mountain desert. I revived this tree by adding deep mulch out past its drip line and planting a non-spreading variety of comfrey all around. Comfrey is one of the most amazing beneficial plants in the garden, it deserves an article, even a book of its own. In addition to herbal and medical properties comfrey is a powerful dynamic accumulator and mulch plant, it brings a variety of nutrients from deep in the ground and accumulates them on the surface in its leaves. The leaves break down quickly into rich black soil.

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The two mounds are hugelkultur beds reserved for annual vegetables. They have a core of well aged wood that will slowly release nutrients and heat over time as it breaks down. The wood also absorbs an incredible amount of water over the winter and spring thus drastically reducing the amount of watering needed over the dry summer. There are three keyhole garden beds on the far side of the dry creek as well. Two are for annual vegetables while the middle one has a combination of asparagus and delicious little alpine strawberries. 2016 Mark Wolfe Photography. www.mwolfephotography.com

Nothing naturalizes a stream and gives it character more than adding moss and aquatic plants. This is a water garden, not just a waterfall. Adding aquatic plants each season is a fun thing to do to change up the look year after year. Here, we have impatiens and corkscrew rush submerged in the water and feeding off the nutrients in the water column.

Photo: Nanette Wong © 2014 Houzz
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A covered terrace can be seen on the right side of the photo, and a west-facing deck on the left.
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