Projects
Posted by: mudwolf on 29 July 2010
I'm in the middle of a big project in my retirement. I was a landscaper and over 30 yrs knew a lot of people doing house remodels but never able to design and maintain one of my own designs.
I'm designing my 85 yo landlady's garden, 8 unit '40s apartment. They'd had water in a below grade storage unit for years during big rainstorms. I'd told them years ago they needed a contractor but thought they'd solve it by a bit of digging, plastic and gravel. NOT!
Now doing the front and trenching down a mason says a lot more work has to be done. It's going to be a LOT more expensive. Oldest son with control has to see it. Glad I"m a renter and not an owner.
Tho here's what we installed in her entry, she's all atwitter about the red leaf Japanese Maple. Shade garden and tropical plant in pot is a yellow blooming plumeria bursting with buds. Pink sandstone has creeping Thyme between it.
I'm designing my 85 yo landlady's garden, 8 unit '40s apartment. They'd had water in a below grade storage unit for years during big rainstorms. I'd told them years ago they needed a contractor but thought they'd solve it by a bit of digging, plastic and gravel. NOT!
Now doing the front and trenching down a mason says a lot more work has to be done. It's going to be a LOT more expensive. Oldest son with control has to see it. Glad I"m a renter and not an owner.
Tho here's what we installed in her entry, she's all atwitter about the red leaf Japanese Maple. Shade garden and tropical plant in pot is a yellow blooming plumeria bursting with buds. Pink sandstone has creeping Thyme between it.