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In an earlier blog post ( “Walls, Step Systems, and More) I told you about a local landscaping project we installed. Here’s some photos of the finished project. What a difference this job made to their front yard! The design was done by Spencer Jones. View from the street Part of the . . . → Read More: Replace that old concrete with a stone wall and bluestone patio First stages of the walkway leading from the steps to the patio Many of our clients have walkout basements. The majority of them will also have an overhead deck or sunporch above them. The space under the deck is more often than not a dark, empty, wasted space that no one uses, or is . . . → Read More: Improve your basement walkout with a paver patio
Perennials for old fashioned gardens Davidii phlox In Northfield, we do a lot of landscaping around older homes. I remember when I was younger, my Mom and Dad would take me to Grandma’s house. I’ll never forget how much I enjoyed looking at all the all the flowers in . . . → Read More: Perennials for old fashioned gardens Every year I get several calls from my customers asking something like this, “What’s that slimy stuff growing in my bark mulch? It looks like a dog threw up in my shrub bed!” With the rains and heat that we have had this past summer came some pretty strange, slimy looking stuff appearing in the shredded bark . . . → Read More: What’s that crazy stuff growing on my bark mulch?? In Minnesota flagstone (or limestone) can be used to make beautiful, naturalistic retaining walls. The only thing is, the wall can break apart if the limestone is not the right kind for building walls. Different quarries have different grades of limestone, and they can vary greatly greatly in quality. This limestone wall was built . . . → Read More: Replacing an old flagstone wall with retaining wall block Harelson apple Last fall’s apple crop was the best ever on our apple trees. We had more than we could ever use, even after giving away several bushels to our friends and our church. I have two Harrelson reds and a Honeycrisp apple tree at my home, which is a 3 acre hobby . . . → Read More: Raising Harelson and Honeycrisp apples  Comments are closed  News, Northfield, Plant Care, wildlife  apple trees, apples, applesauce, grow apples, harrelson, honeycrisp, repellant, tree care Champion Buckeye Mary Jo and I were in Wheaton IL. a while back to see our daughter Mary Beth, who just graduated from Wheaton college. We stayed at a Hyatt Hotel in Oakbrook on the campus of McDonald’s corporate headquarters. (Also home of Hamburger University, where new McDonald’s managers and owners get trained. . . . → Read More: The biggest buckeye in the country The following has nothing at all to do with plants, bugs, or landscaping, but it’s great advice for us all. I have this hanging up in my office; its author is unknown. The most destructive habit: Worry The greatest joy: Giving The greatest loss: Loss of self respect The most . . . → Read More: What are the most destructive habits? Last Summer we finished a challenging project designed by Spencer Jones, which we have been taking you through the last two blogs. The finished product expanded the “hidden” front entry. By the time we were done, there were a very interesting combination of elements involved in the project. Among these were: a limestone seat . . . → Read More: Expanding a hidden entry with a wall, a walk, and a patio (pt. 2) A while back we started on an interesting project on the south end of Northfield, designed by local landscape architect Spencer Jones. The clients had converted their existing garage into a workshop and had a new garage added on onto the front of the old one to take it’s place Because of the addition, . . . → Read More: Expanding a hidden entry with a wall, a walk, and a patio (pt. 1) Comments are closed News entry design, landscape design, lum old, Spencer Jones, stone bench, walkway |
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