We typically don’t do anything special to our house for Halloween. This year was to be no exception, though we did pop a pumpkin out front. Then we had another idea …
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Tag Archives: front yard
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minimal halloween
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front front door
Not a typo. This is our second front door, supplementing the original, and completing the front fence project we recently shared …
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chop chop
The tree that keeps on giving. At least, it was. We removed it several weeks back, and our two-year shower of leaves, twigs and tobacco is finally over …
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front facing
Let’s face it (luckily, we don’t have to), our front lawn is in rough shape. 97% weeds, 3% grass, 100% bad. We have no intention of watering it, so it’s not about to look any healthier …
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rock revival
Our outdoor living space is ‘in transition’…to put it politely. But we recently completed what we’d like to call ‘phase one’ of our landscaping –far from the finished look …
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up front
This blog is hopelessly out of sync. Maybe we should stop doing, so I can start posting. Either way, I need to catch you up, starting with (you guessed it) more painting …
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all white now
The weather’s been great, so we’ve been tackling some outdoor projects. This cinder-block chimney faces our side-patio –it’s in good shape, but just looks grubby and unloved. Painting is a (relatively) quick fix, but a big difference-maker. You can see how yellowed the ‘white’ paint had become. After a thorough scrub, Karen (I leave most …
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the claw
As you may have noticed, we’ve cut down a few trees and shrubs. We’ve also collected the odd leaf. Lucky for us, Sacramento City operates a winter street collection for leaves and trimmings, in addition to weekly pick-up of our (always full) yard waste container. And this is the pile we assembled. We were a …
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front plant
Quick follow-up from my front yard update. Nothing to boast about here –we’re just trying to make good before winter. As I mentioned, we marked-off this area with string, then jointly tackled this project with Karen’s dad, while he was visiting. We dug the earth over and removed the roots of two shrubs I culled. …
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