Post #810248 by SouthSeasKat on Tue, Aug 8, 2023 1:39 AM

Outside update.

The renovations still have not begun, so outside tiki area is not going to happen this year. That'll be next year's project. I'll focus on the upstairs tiki room over the colder months as Jayme (Lagoon of Mystery) suggested.

But the outside is really starting to show its beach house pedigree. I'm hacking away non-subtropical/tropical plants mostly, and most anything next to the house (all of the siding is being replaced with a vertical MCM siding, and except for one olive tree I want to keep, I've been told it all has to go so the contractors can set up scaffolding).

I found a colony of bromeliads against the kitchen wall outside, shallowly rooted. I dug them up, washed them thoroughly, and have potted up some and put others into water vases. If they survive, I'd like to replant them back outside somewhere. It appears they can survive our occasional cold snaps and I saw a ton of them in Hawai'i.

I have not yet taken down most of the hedges, which appear to have been put in place as privacy screens. We'll be putting in a wall with breeze block elements instead, but I am not prepared to sacrifice my privacy until I have a reno start date.

[ Edited by SouthSeasKat on 2023-08-08 01:44:40 ]