Landscaping



Aug
27
2006
 10

Productivity Strikes Again


The punch list grows smaller. The big event of last week was the removal of the old driveway. I think it took longer than they had expected. The driveway was original to the house and was a solid 6 or so inches of concrete through and through. No rebar, no clay foundation. They had to score each section twice and remove...


Mar
13
2007
 3

Spring is about to sprung.


A year ago, I was busily cataloging information about landscaping and green building. I was hoping we would have the opportunity to do a bit more green building than we did. I can count an incredible increase in energy efficiency among our successes, but we're still in the process of making room for basics like solar...


May
21
2007
 0

Neglected Lawn


Our poor yard. Ever since that big, ugly purple monster moved in, the whole plat has gone to heck. First there was the dead grass killed by the dumpster and the storage pod. Then there was the havoc that was wreaked by the driveway installation. Now there is plain old neglect to deal with. In a fit of inspiration,...


Oct
4
2007
 10

Block-Heads Unite


People ask us why we "went up" with the house, building on a second story when we could have just added a room onto the back. There are lots of different reasons... and one of them was because we didn't want to lose the yard. Our lot is a strange triangle with the acute angle in the back. We quickly realized after moving...


Oct
10
2007
 5

Painting the Cedar Deck


Painting our deck had become a matter of life and death judging by the heavy sighs David and I would voice every time we would pull into the driveway lately. People told us they loved the rough cedar, but we have never felt like it jived with the mid-century themes of the home. Like everything else, we knew it was a simple...


Aug
11
2008
 0

Goodness definitely grows in Austin.


Over the weekend, Crestview Doors had a booth at the Fall Austin Home and Garden Show. It was our first trade show, and we learned so much. I'll save the details for the Crestview Doors blog, but the best part was that we were on the border of the landscaping section of the show. I hadn't gone to the Show before. When...


Mar
28
2009
 1

Victory Gardening at Erwin House


How do I love Texas?  Let me count the ways. Used to be I hated this state.  Too hot.  Too much traffic.  Too many bugs, especially mosquitos.  Too expensive. Now my life is here.  My house, my kids, my amazing neighbors, my favorite stores and products, my lake, my breezy spring evenings, my barbeque...  I have...


May
7
2009
 1

Landscaping and Victory Gardening Update


We've been tending to the garden unceremoniously with mixed results.  I lost 8 of the 12 tomato plants I originally hoped would yield a tomato fiest, but I've since planted new ones.  Try, try again.  The bed of greens has been moving very slowly with the lettuce, broccoli, carrots, spinach, bok choy and leeks inching...