{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "So I have like five more minutes of sawing and 15 of mattock work at all before the organic parts of my yard are finally totally...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/664248961030291456/", "html": "<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"/post/664248306463047680/\" target=\"_blank\">kontextmaschine</a>:</p><blockquote><p>So I have like five more minutes of sawing and 15 of mattock work at <b>all</b> before the organic parts of my yard are finally <i>totally</i> rehabilitated after five years</p><p>Like a tree service in January to take down some 3-story Mediterranean cypresses but 100% completion on everything from 1.5 stories to 2 feet under.</p><p>Next year I&rsquo;ll be ready to plant a <i>fughenzou</i> sakura and an ume I still have to pick the right varietal of in the backyard for interest and privacy screening</p><p>The real next step though is to find the right contractor to rebuild my retaining wall</p><ul><li>including poss. a section of shoring up the slope back towards my rear neighbor</li><li>minus a chunk on the side to carve an opening for a basement entrance for a future apartment </li><li>including a section in the rear separating the upper from lower level and half-level planter</li><li>with a shallower ramp and the steps shifted to the other side of the yard passing over this</li><li>ramp rapped around a bulge landscaped to look like a craggy outcropping for a hot tub</li><li>which discharges into and waters planters on the half-level</li></ul><p>Then as long as we&rsquo;re running water and electrical out there anyway put in a showerhead on the lower level and a small wet bar on the upper for entertaining, some electrical outlets too</p><p>And another main faucet, to replace the one patioed over with one a hose can actually reach everything from, and to water the planters if the residents aren&rsquo;t in a hot tubbing mood</p><p>Oh, with the wall replaced, get a new fence and gate</p><p>Replace the main bedroom windows with a sliding door and the 2nd/office&rsquo;s rear window with a door, build a rear patio, with steps down on either corner, leading to the ramp/stairs</p><p>Get a serious outdoor grill. This isn&rsquo;t just Patio Man talking, the idea is to make the back a complete living space not least because then with the purchase of a composting toilet I can just <i>live</i> out there in the summers while the interior gets gut rehabbed. </p><p>Plant a Japanese maple (again, need to figure the varietal) shading the hot tub, plant rootstock for a tree-of-many-fruits in the side yard</p><p>Dig out where the shower discharges, line it with plastic and fill it with pumice, create a French drain so it&rsquo;s watering the ume</p><p>The half-level planters cascade so they shed their excess outside in the side yard, do the same there feeding the tree-of-many-fruits but then create a new compost box above it so the water outflow soaks it and washes nutrients down to the tree</p><p>Then I can start work on the inside.</p><p>Like when I say that I&rsquo;m gentry, part of that is evaluating, selecting, and improving real estate is a real passion project of mine</p></blockquote>\n<p>Oh, and if you can think of a better name for the estate than <i>Shiro Hanami</i>, I&rsquo;m all ears</p>"}