garden

The acquisition kept the land out of the hands of a developer with plans to carve its spectacular rock ranges, lava flows, sand dunes, valleys and cactus gardens into 40-acre ranches.

Tromping around in wet gardens can compact your soil, making it hard for tiny roots to grow and water to penetrate deep into the ground.

Other areas are raked in patterns resembling a Zen garden, and some contain replica tracks of native animals, including coyotes, bears and snakes.

Ms Gray described how her mother's stone featured a ball of wool and knitting needles, because she loved to knit, as well as a blue tit, because she enjoyed watching the birds in her garden.

He avoids looking at photos of their prefire life — joyful scenes of cooking in the kitchen, playing games at the table, working in the garden.