A new patio, paths, and fence...

Autumn Display

Autumn Display of planters , check out our earlier posts to see the change of seasons

master craftsmen at work

pictures of the installation of paving materials ...

continuing the paving project...

the last post i had posted pictures of the excavation of this project...here are more of the process... as I am writing the fence is being created by our master craftsmen... it is turing out better than imagined and I cannot wait to take the finished photos... until then ... here we have continued creating a new walk

Last project of the season....

We have ended up this season with a great project... I had a fun time designing and working with the customer on this... we changed all the hard surfaces in this garden...starting with the replacement of the front entrance walk with blue stone paving ... and continued with replacing all other walks with a manufactured paving block creating a meandering walk and patio... in addition to the paths and patios we changed the fence to a cedar lattice fence... the project is under way as I write and soon I will have finished pictures until then ... here are some work in progress shots...

The Cusp of Autumn

It really is here ...Autumn... that time of year when the air gets crisp in the evening and there is heavy dew in the morning and we all think of bringing out our sweaters having been stored all summer... WELL that is until this year when it seemed like Autumn all summer here in Chicago... I have been searching for some good reading that will likely take up my winter down time .. if anyone can suggest. I have a few sites that I came accross that i want to share and next week when it is REALLY AUTUMN, I will put some more photos up of the gardens... Michael Pollan's book the Omnivore's Dilemma, is a good read I hear ...and have read excerpts and also follow links from his home page which has some great lead's check it out...Till then enjoy the waning days of summer!

one seed at a time

the future of our food production is so important and this is a wonderful concise talk ..please listen

http://www.ted.com/talks/cary_fowler_one_seed_at_a_time_protecting_the_future_of_food.html