Before and after. Not one of the plants died and it's really looking good as those plants start to grow some. All the plants are native / drought-tolerant. I've been using my old sprinkler system converted to drip for about 10 minutes once a week. Really happy now that I don't even own a lawnmower anymore. Our backyard is vegetable garden (no lawn). We're already seeing hummingbirds and various bees/bugs coming around!
PS - SCVWD forced me to put that bark down. I originally wanted just dirt but they wanted the whole field areas mulched as well as around the plants. OK. No biggie, but I won't be replacing it as it decomposes or goes away.
