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Weekend Update
The great thing about gardening is that it gets exciting all at once. The pole beans and cukes are working their way up the fence, and the bush beans are flowering (above). Tomatoes are coming along...
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Recent Project- Drystacked Walls & Plantings
Just finished this one, a tearout of most of the exisiting landscape and new drystacked fieldstone retaining walls and plantings. Here’s the before: And, the after: Deer are a huge issue in this...
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Milestones
Several of them, actually. First off, this is my 100th post to this blog. This blogging thing is kind of addictive, and I’ve gotten some great comments and emails about some of my posts. Seeing what...
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5 Quick, Cheap Fixes for Your Landscape
Whether you’re trying to get your home ready for a party, a family visit, or just to take advantage of what you have, there are some simple projects you can take on that will make a huge difference in...
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Deer-Resistant Plants for Virginia
The deer are a persistant problem for landscape contractors and designers in Virginia. As development reduces their habitat more and more, we see the effects of population pressures in our...
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Designing an Outdoor Kitchen
The first outdoor kitchen I ever helped build was in San Diego in 1998. They were just starting to become popular again (remember the ones from the late 70s?), and I thought they were the coolest thing...
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Pretty!
Just thought I’d point out that someone took the basic idea of my three-bin composter, and built it from more standard-sized, dimensional lumber (and it looks like they took a little more care in the...
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My First Column!
Have I mentioned that this has been a year of small milestones for me? Well, last week saw the publication of my first newspaper column, in the Culpeper Times. In it, I discussed several...
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Late Summer Lawn Health
I can’t take credit for this landscape OR the photo- it was taken where MJ and I were married in Vermont five years ago. There’s a lot to love about the shot: walking across the lawn are my two...
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The August Thing
How gorgeous is that? A few weeks ago, MJ and I were driving around west of Charlottesville. Being the crafty opportunist that I am, I said “hey, we’re really close to a nursery I’ve wanted to check...
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