Photos from home - Art and Gardens Part 2
Welcome to part two of my "Photos from home" series where I get a little more personal and show all my awesome friends here on Steemit some photos from my beautiful home here in Southern California! In this series I'll be sharing photos from my gardens, and my family's artwork, and any other things I think are interesting enough to photograph around here. I hope you enjoy!
The Jungle that is my yard practically buries my house in exotic plants
At one time this was a water fountain. After having functionality problems it became a planter. Now days it's overrun with succulents.
This is an old ceramic fifty gallon wine barrell. I'm not sure exactly the history of it, but I'm pretty sure it's really old. And as you can see, like the fountain it is also getting overgrown with succulents.
Here we have a nice combo of pottery and plants. Including Spider plants, Aloe Vera, and Sago Palms.
While Sago Palms can resemble Palm trees they are actually not related.
Non blooming Geranium on the left and White Stonecrop on the right
Green Aeoniums
Blooming Bougainvillea
Blooming Birds of Paradise flower
Giant Birds of Paradise
Baby Blue Agave cacti growing on the stalk of an old bloom
A Golden Barell cactus with some young ones growing on it's side
My front gate and my "totem poles". And of course a hose across the driveway.
It feels like I am always watering, especially during the summer
Ripening Pomegranites
Medusa hiding among the Silver Jade, ferns, and Avocado leaves
A concrete statue, some Agave Attenuatas, and the old wrinkly trunk of an Olive tree
An Onion patch
Another Onion patch
The front of my room. Succulents, pottery, cacti, and yep... more onions! I like onions so I grow plenty
Art on the front of my house
More wall art, just outside my kitchen
Baja Fan Palms tower over the property
Pool time!
...and that's gonna be it for this post...
but stay tuned for more posts like this in the future featuring more of the really cool stuff here at my home!!
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What a wonderful garden, filled with life
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That’s a lot to water, especially in California. Beautiful though. Thanks for sharing these images :-)
It's way too much watering. I just paid a $250 water bill! And you know what I'm doing right now... watering! I'm ready for some dang rain already. lol!
It’s money well-spent since you get to enjoy that jungle, not to mention the pool.
I can get over how much variety you have right in your own backyard. Of course the succulents are always my favorite!
My mom and grandmother used to have an "Exotic Plants" business, so that's how I got such a great variety. I love the succulents too, there are so many interesting varieties!
We moved around a lot when I was growing up. We once rented a house on some property that had been an exotic nursery and everything had grow crazy and wild. It was like living in a jungle. I loved spending time with all of the unusual plants.
You have a beautiful garden.
This shows that we should not underestimate the great potential that our garden can have
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Wow, absolutely amazing photographs.
I really like this pictures.
Thanks @tussar11!
Gosh, your place is massive, and I recognised a lot of plants there!
It really is. 4 acres is pretty big. It takes a lot of work. But it's totally worth it .
This is such a cool idea for a post! Love seeing everything around your yard - it's so different from mine here on the opposite coast. Awesome captures, @derekrichardson!