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areas/maintenance/220_emerald.md

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 ## 💧 Water Filtration System
 - **Peroxide & Salt Pellets**
-  - **Last Service:** 2026-07-16 (Added 10 bottles peroxide and 2 bags salt pellets)
+  - **Last Service:** 2026-08-20 (Added 10 gallons peroxide); salt pellets added 2026-08-15.
   - **Check Cycle:** Monthly (Avg. refill every 1.5 months)
-  - **Next Check Due:** 2026-08-16
-  - **Current Status:** Replenished on 2026-07-16 with usual amount: 10 bottles peroxide and 2 bags salt pellets.
-  - **Next Action:** Check peroxide and salt pellet levels around 2026-08-16.
+  - **Next Check Due:** 2026-09-20
+  - **Current Status:** Peroxide replenished on 2026-08-20 with 10 gallons; salt pellets replenished 2026-08-15.
+  - **Next Action:** Check peroxide and salt pellet levels around 2026-09-20.
   - **Service History:**
+    - 2026-08-20: Added 10 gallons peroxide to water filtration system.
+    - 2026-08-15: Added salt pellets to water filtration system.
     - 2026-07-16: Added usual amount to water filtration system — 10 bottles peroxide and 2 bags salt pellets.
     - 2026-06-05: Added 10 bottles peroxide and 2 bags salt pellets.
     - 2026-04-26: Added 2 bags salt pellets; peroxide purchase pending.

areas/maintenance/front-yard-landscape-idea.md

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+---
+Date: 2026-09-12
+Author: Adolfo Reyna
+Tags: [home, maintenance, landscaping, front-yard, ideas, 220-emerald]
+---
+
+# Front Yard Landscape Idea
+
+Concept captured from an AI-generated front-yard makeover image for [[220 Emerald Maintenance Log]]. This is an inspiration concept, not a measured construction plan.
+
+## Overall vision
+
+Create a welcoming, Florida-friendly front yard for family and friends that combines beauty, shade, butterflies, and practical outdoor seating while keeping the existing driveway.
+
+## Main design elements
+
+- Keep the existing driveway as-is, with a clean edge along the landscape beds.
+- Add curved brick or reclaimed-brick edging around the driveway and planting beds.
+- Create a brick walkway leading from the driveway to a covered front porch.
+- Use layered planting beds: taller plants toward the house and lower plants along the walkway and driveway.
+- Add a covered front-porch sitting area with a porch swing.
+- Consider a ceiling fan on the porch for comfort and mosquito reduction.
+- Add a second porch swing beneath the large shade tree on the right side of the yard.
+- Use mulch in planting beds and low-voltage or solar path lighting along the walkway.
+- Add a few terracotta, ceramic, or resin planters near the porch.
+
+## Suggested plant palette from the concept
+
+### Butterfly-attracting plants
+
+- Firebush
+- Pentas
+- Salvia
+- Porterweed
+- Milkweed
+
+### Fragrant or mosquito-deterrent plants
+
+- Citronella grass
+- Lemongrass
+- Lavender
+- Rosemary
+- Marigolds
+
+### Structural and edging plants
+
+- Cocoplum
+- Simpson's stopper
+- Dwarf yaupon holly
+- Liriope
+- Muhly grass
+
+Plant selections should be confirmed for the actual sun, drainage, irrigation, mature size, and salt/wind exposure at 220 Emerald. Mosquito-deterrent claims should be treated as supplemental; standing-water control and appropriate screening remain more important.
+
+## Practical planning notes
+
+- Measure the front yard, driveway, porch, tree canopy, and proposed walkway before ordering materials.
+- Identify irrigation lines, electrical lines, septic or drainage features, and tree roots before digging.
+- Confirm that the existing porch and tree area can safely support the proposed swings.
+- Check local permit and HOA requirements before changing the porch, walkway, or driveway edge.
+- Plan the project in phases: walkway/edging first, foundation plants second, porch seating and lighting afterward.
+- Consider Home Assistant-compatible switches or dimmers for porch and path lighting once the electrical layout is known.
+
+## Possible future phases
+
+1. Clean and define the driveway edge.
+2. Install the curved brick walkway and bed edging.
+3. Establish the main Florida-friendly planting beds and mulch.
+4. Add porch swing, shade-tree swing, and outdoor cushions.
+5. Add path lighting and porch lighting with local Home Assistant control.
+6. Add irrigation, moisture, temperature, or outdoor-light sensors if useful.