New York Renovator

Weed Hacking and Building Gardens

Posted on25. Jul, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

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This yard, where half of it is gravel beneath turf, and the other half is completely waterlogged, is very difficult to cultivate. When we bought the place, it was horribly overgrown. It has been a decade of hacking, digging, sweating, screaming, and crying to plant ANYTHING here. The good thing is that we are old [...]

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It’s For the Birds!

Posted on28. Oct, 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber.

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Good heavens, with the snow here now (see previous post), I’m remembering all these things I have to do before winter!! I think our lawn mower is still in the garage, and the show shovels are buried in the shed. And we have a few very wimpy bird houses and feeders that won’t survive the [...]

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Feeling Wine-y

Posted on10. Oct, 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber.

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This post is for my husband, a wine nut. He used to work at some fancy hotels, and had the position of wine steward. He has subsequently become a bit of a wine snob (lol). He loves wine tasting events. We’re really hoping to get to a winery and see how wine is made, hopefully [...]

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Working On the Yard

Posted on31. Aug, 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber.

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We’ve had three full days of sunshine and no rain! What a remarkable break. So i did what all the Upstaters did this week– scrambled to get my gardening work done before it rains again!
We have essentially completed the front section of my Secret Garden. We have finished the concrete walkway, and laid large stones [...]

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Finishing Our Concrete Walkway

Posted on27. Aug, 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber.

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In an earlier post, I blogged about our installation of a concrete walkway, using a really neat Quikrete form. I absolutely loved using the form– it was easy, neat, and fast. And the stones look great! I installed about 5 feet of the walkway last year, to see how they would weather our frigid winter. [...]