Category Archives: Gardens
We have a garden in Columbus, Ohio now!
Design and construction by Seely’s Landscape Nursery. Jered Seely was wonderful to work with and they have an amazing variety of plant material and some beautiful large specimens. Virginia Burt, Walt Rickli, and Davee Gunn, thank you for teaching us … Continue reading
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Virginia’s Latest Healing Garden Project
Our friend, Virginia Burt, of VisionScapes, recently completed a large project, the Mary and Al Schneider Healing Garden at the Seidman Cancer Center in Cleveland. The Cleveland Plain Dealer published an article on the garden this week. It’s available on … Continue reading
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Happy Halloween 2011
The bat has flown to greener pastures, and a large Black Widow spider has taken up residence.
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Anneslie Garden Tour 2010
Our garden was featured on the Anneslie garden tour on Saturday. We spent the last few weeks weeding, planting, and otherwise preparing the garden. The patio was poured in time for the tour as well. I’ve put up two Flickr … Continue reading
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Blizzard 2010 Photos
Here are some photos from the end of the day yesterday. The sun came out just before sunset. Today is bright and sunny and I liberated the CR-V, so we are no longer stranded. We never lost power, although others … Continue reading
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Blizzard of December 2009
Over the last 36 hours we got about 18 inches of snow here in Baltimore. This is why we left Cleveland! Ugh! The series of pictures below tells the story. Yesterday morning, I shoveled. Then I shoveled again a couple … Continue reading
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Garden Orb Photo
We’ve been doing a lot of work in the garden lately (of course), and we recently finished some tree trimming and mulching. I caught this picture of our purple garden orb this afternoon when the sun was shining down through the … Continue reading
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Sun Porch Deconstruction – Phase 2
An 18–yard dumpster and a week later, phase 2 of the sun porch deconstruction is complete. While tearing apart the decking, I uncovered an older deck that was much more solidly constructed. And the hot, humid weather didn’t make it … Continue reading
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Sun Porch Deconstruction – Phase 1
Our house has had a glassed-in sun porch on the back since long before we bought it. It’s is a nearly useless space. It’s too cold in the winter and an oven for most of the rest of the year. … Continue reading
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