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We bought a round house that we wanted to make cozier — so we added 2.5″ of polyiso fiberglass-backed foam to the inside walls, set furring strips every 16″ (try to do the math on a round wall) and then … Continue reading →

Dahlias are beautiful flowering plants, but they are a massive pain when you are growing them in an area where you can get hurricane force winds.  Our solution for them is to tomato cage them when they go in the … Continue reading →

I picked up a few plants at Opus Nursery today and stuck them in the backyard.  I really have to get a plan for back there. Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus ‘Lynnhaven Carpet’ Arundo donax ‘Golden Chain’ (we’ll see how this does…I’ve heard … Continue reading →

John and I are gardening when the Google bike rolled past.

Memorial Day to Labor Day Visitation: 1,719,674

The Northern Spur is looking amazing now.  Everyone should see it.  The nicest time of the day is 7 AM, especially with the great angle of the sun across the Chelsea Grasslands.  And…what’s a container full of snow equipment unless … Continue reading →

Thousands of people walking over your head every day; constant jackhammering; bits of concrete raining down.  And now the sickening sub-woofer Whomp Whomp noise coming from “Tight Spot” by David Byrne.   That’s life under the fly-over.