It has been so hot and really, really slow going on the backyard landscaping.  We finally cooled down a little bit and the guys came to install the underground pipes for the irrigation system (drip lines) and the electrical ( low voltage) for landscape lighting.

We had purchased a beautiful 24" box tree and a few plants for around the pool, so we were ready for them to be hooked up to the system when the guys got here.

Lots of pipe, tubing, fitings and wire.

Time to dig more trenches in the yard.    Between the pool and the backyard there are about a gazillion pipes and wires running everywhere.

Valve box for the different zones.

Another faucet on the back wall - -and the first plant to go in is my wonderful tree that I hope grows really, really fast.
 Then the planting around the pool began.

That still leaves me with all of this to go behind the shed. - - -

 yes the shed arrived, but the floor for the shed was backordered, so still waiting on that.

 All the plants in the ground, all the pipes buried and all the dripers working properly.  These look awfully small now, but give them a few months and they will look great.

Next up is to get the shed and fence up in the back corner of the yard, then gravel so we don't have a mud patch.  Then I want to make the shed look like a really cute bath house, and to work on redoing the patio.  I just have to save a few more pennies.  All this ...