Honey, I think we bought too much mulch.

I'm one for buying more than you need when it comes to dirt, compost, mulch, drip system components, etc. So when we decided that it was getting warm and we needed to mulch the raised beds, we bought 12 cubic feet, or 6 bags of shredded redwood mulch. We only used 2 bags on the raised beds!

So today we decided to mulch part of the other planter beds in the backyard, fixing the drip system there because that's where the most water-intensive plants are located. And the previous owners didn't understand that there is more than one kind of drip emitter/sprayer....

So we pulled the dyed black bark mulch away from all the plants, installed some new lines and drip emitters, tested them, and replaced the mulch with the new redwood mulch. What a difference! (Although my fingertips hurt pretty badly...) Our plants will now get enough water so I won't have to hand water them, and the redwood bark smells nice. Also, it's not poisonous like the dyed bark is. Sheesh.

I've also updated some pictures of the raised beds. I scratched some
natural chicken poo +other stuff organic fertilizer in them a few weeks ago and everything is growing like mad. It's so awesome. Although we've yet to eat anything from the backyard, we are oh-so-close. I can't wait!

So I'll keep this short because my fingers are sore from installing the drip emitters.... 1/8 of the backyard drip emitters fixed, 7/8 to go!