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Tag Archives: patio
Andalusia, Here I Come
LATER THIS MONTH, I’m heading to Spain for a week with a friend and a camera. This trip is a radically abbreviated version of a dream I’ve had for years: spending the entire winter in southern Europe. But ya gotta … Continue reading
Walking and Stalking
UPDATE, April 2011: The photos that originally accompanied this post, which I took while looking over the moon gate of this cottage as described below, were accidentally deleted from my WordPress media library, along with the photos on several months’ … Continue reading
Posted in COTTAGE LIVING, GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
Tagged arbor, boxwoods, brick, cottage, courtyard, fence, French doors, gate, Maidstone Park, moon gate, parking pad, patio, pea gravel, shed
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A Loose Schedule and a Tight Budget
Above: Eric Ernst, Tree Man of Montauk, thinning out my overgrown forest so I stand a chance of growing something other than ferns I’M ALL OVER THE PLACE HERE. I still have so much to do pull this house and … Continue reading
Posted in COTTAGE LIVING, HAMPTONS, LANDSCAPING, LONG ISLAND, OLD-HOUSE MAKEOVERS
Tagged Amagansett, arrowwood viburnum, bathroom, cedar shingles, contractor, cottage, daffodils, deer fence, doublefile viburnum, driveway, evergreens, fireplace, flipper, kitchen counter, landscape, paint job, patio, renovation, rhododendrons, river birch, roof, shrubs, viburnum tomentosa plicata, wisteria
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To Roundup or Not to Roundup?
OVERWHELMED AGAIN as I contemplate all that needs doing, landscape-wise, here at Green Half-Acre. In rough order of priority, this is what I hope to accomplish this fall/winter: Board fence and gate across the front of property (80 feet) to … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, LONG ISLAND
Tagged board fence, compost, deer fence, East Hampton, gardening, gravel, LANDSCAPING, lily of the valley, parking court, patio, planting beds, preparation, Roundup, Springs, wisteria
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Boring Stuff
MAYBE SOME OF YOU HAVE NOTICED I’ve reduced my blogging schedule from daily (as if that was ever gonna be sustainable) to a few times a week. I’ve been occupied with such matters as: cleaning out my basement (still) painting … Continue reading
Posted in LONG ISLAND, OLD-HOUSE MAKEOVERS
Tagged beach, Cobble Hill, cobblestones, cottage, driveway, East Hampton, flagstone, forsythia, LANDSCAPING, logs, patio, railroad tie, rattan sofa, rose of sharon, Springs, steel edging, wisteria, wood deck
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Bluestone Patio by Old-School Stonemasons
RATHER THAN BLOG about my exciting day at the shopping mall (I went to the K-Mart in Bridgehampton for such essentials as a new toilet seat and a corkscrew), have a look at my friend Nancy’s new bluestone patio in … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING
Tagged bluestone, Boerum Hill, Carlos Serna, cobblestones, patio, stonemason, Stones R Us, wood deck
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