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Let’s talk a little about Custom Outdoor Kitchens. [caption id="attachment_311" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Nice concrete counter topped outdoor kitchen"][/caption]   First, let me explain that in commonly accepted terms, an outdoor kitchen is simply a kitchen that is in an outdoor unconditioned air space and is often subject to variances in atmospheric… Read More

Ditch to Dry Stream Bed So you have an ugly ditch in your yard that you just know could look so much better. Perhaps you have seen a dry creek bed in someone else’s landscape. Or maybe you saw a stream bed in a book you liked. Well, it’s really fairly easy to do, so let’s talk about how you might go about it. see this link http://amenityarchitects.com/turning-your-drainage-ditch-into-a-beautiful-dry-stream-bed [caption id="attachment_298"… Read More

  Late fall is typically the time of year when many people are raking leaves and putting bags of leaves along the curb. In my opinion, this is an extremely counter productive effort. With every bag of leaves that we place on the curb we are generating waste that must go to a land fill and we are removing nature's natural slow release nitrogen replacement system from our yards.  To me, it is a logical conclusion to see that for hundreds of thousands of years before humans mowed lawns and raked leaves, our landscape fertilized itself and grew healthy, sustainable, organic soil with no need for added nitrogen rich synthesized chemicals.… Read More