The path I want to create will be bold where excitement is key and understated where I want calm. How you say? Its all in the matrix. Bold is red breeze and creamy white steps. Under-stated is stone dropped in grass. I went with red breeze on the central axis over the bridge to guide […]
Hardscape
How changing the gardens contents can change its vitality
The Going Native journey is not a statement. It’s not political, not artistic, not religious. It’s a journey by steps towards the best habitat I can create. It’s the new age ideal, ‘we are everything, and everything is us’, brought back to the physical. It’s finding pure balance in the nature I create. But it’s […]
Ideas for new paths
This is a nice tutorial on how to create a gravel path that stays in place. The big deal is the tamping and a good tamper! A natural low profile path The path found by Pam Penick on an Austin Garden Tour in 2008 has the lines I’m looking for. Here flagstone is upended to […]
Square Foot Gardening: Building raised beds
The first set of plans for the garden included about 80 square feet of garden space among 4 4×4 raised planters, a 2×6 planter, and a 2×4 planter. These just didn’t fit in the actual garden plot. Planters: So what we have this year are: 3 – 4×4 1 – 2 x 6 Total Gardening […]
Klingstone Paths a pea gravel remedy?
I have been looking for a solution to the pea gravel pathways in the backyard. Although I love the look of the pea gravel, as its adds a simply elegant formal element around the grass, the looseness of the material is maddening. You cannot walk on it, never in bare feet, and the dogs […]
Our new wall looks gorgeous as well
I can’t believe I forgot to post a pic of the new wall! It is amazing what stone work can do for a landscape. I am completely impressed with the job Eucevio did, as were neighbors. We’ve already had one neighbor hire him for a job he’s been putting off for years.
Re-using Brick
What to do with enough brick to fill a couple pallets? How about a border? A couple times each year I have to go edge around my lawn and take out grass that has started to grow into the pebbled path surrounding the yard. After the removal of my hazardous deck whose stairs were brick, […]
A new front yard
Here is a quick pic of the new front yard. There is still so much to be done, but the money has run out. The work was completed by American Dream Decks (303)835-3540 The work was completed in a timely fashion even with unexpected issues, like ground settling under the porch concrete, which required a […]