Tag Archive | "landscaping"
How to Remove Sod
I’ve removed sod a few different times: through suffocation (laying plastic on a plot until the turf dies); through roto-tilling; through manual removal. By far, I think the easiest and most satisfying is through manual removal. The suffocation method takes too long and is messy; roto-tilling is hard, trying to get the machine to chew [...]
Continue reading...Adding to Our Walkway!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
We FINALLY got a break in the clouds and rain, enabling us to continue building our Secret Garden walkway. So far, we’ve done this in three stages. This year, we busted sod and removed a good-sized portion of the lawn, adding to this garden. And this allowed us to continue our concrete walkway. It’s looking [...]
Continue reading...My Secret Garden Update
Sunday, June 14, 2009
I just love this garden. I’ve been slowly adding to it for the past few years. It’s been a soggy spring and start to summer, so I’ve had to work on it between raindrops this year. It’s a perennial garden with many native shrubs. I always plant vegetation that is native to the area (because [...]
Continue reading...We Got a Lawn Tractor!
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we have lived on this property– all acre and a half– for almost twelve years WITHOUT a lawn tractor. When I used to mow the lawn with our push mower, it took me SIX hours a week. I had to break it up into twice a week. It was grueling! After [...]
Continue reading...Hymn of Color
Monday, July 23, 2007
Remember that old hymn that goes, I come to the garden aloneWhile the dew is still on the rosesAnd the voice I hear, falling on my ear,The Son of God discloses. And He walks with me, and He talks with me,And He tells me I am His own,And the Joy we share as we tarry [...]
Continue reading...I’m Rebecca
:) I’m a married mom of four teenage children. We live in Upstate New York. We bought an old 1855 home and acre property, over 10 years ago. We've been in the slow, agonizing process of living in the home while (trying) to renovate it. When I'm not renovating, I'm a freelance writer and blogger.
We've learned to dig a French drain, plant huge flower and vegetable gardens, wire a circuit panel, install furnace ducting, understand the enigmatic complexities of the plumbing system, and more. It's been *quite* the adventure.
You can read more about us here, read up on the history of the home, and read about what we've renovated so far. Thanks for visiting!
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