{"id":2349,"date":"2013-04-22T01:52:39","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T08:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/?p=2349"},"modified":"2013-04-22T01:52:39","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T08:52:39","slug":"xeriscape-continued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/22\/xeriscape-continued\/","title":{"rendered":"Xeriscape, Continued"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/20130420_141139.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"20130420_141139.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our ground cover, in bloom. This is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/?p=144\">xeriscaping<\/a>: landscaping which requires little to no water.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/20130413_130332.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"20130413_130332.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These pictures are from our front porch, shaded by landscaping planted by the previous owners. These plants, too, require little to no water: loquats and palm bushes and a few other plants I&#8217;m not familiar with. The overhanging branches create a sense of seclusion, which makes these shots pleasing; something I learned from my buddy Jim Davies&#8217;s forthcoming book.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/20130413_130432.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"20130413_130432.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not a zero water system: we had to water the trees that we planted, and you can see a hose where we drip water occasionally on the sick olive tree out front. But the amount of water that we use for this succulent-covered yard is trivial compared to what, for example, my parents did in their large green grassy half acre &#8211; and when it&#8217;s in bloom, it&#8217;s far more beautiful.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/20130413_130402.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"20130413_130402.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The back isn&#8217;t quite finished, but we&#8217;ve got low-water ivy, and even the cats approve\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/20130421_174241.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"20130421_174241.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>-the Centaur<\/p>\n<p>Pictured: a lot of landscaping, done primarily by my wife, Sandi Billingsley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our ground cover, in bloom. This is xeriscaping: landscaping which requires little to no water. These pictures are from our front porch, shaded by landscaping planted by the previous owners.&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,120],"class_list":["post-2349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-we-call-it-living","tag-xeriscape","ratio-2-1","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}