Obscure Scribe » Yard http://obscribe.com A lot of Everything and a little bit of Nothing Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:57:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Plants are in http://obscribe.com/yard/plants-are-in http://obscribe.com/yard/plants-are-in#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:13:37 +0000 The Scribe http://obscribe.com/?p=77

This Week Akina Design put in the plants and prepared the lawn area for the sod which arrives Friday.

Here are 2 pictures

Before they started work right after we had demolished the old yard with the Bobcat, and then a  picture from the same place is from now after they have worked their magic.

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Here are several other pictures from the yard

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They began planting this last week.

Looking good. I found a tree we both liked, A Japanese fern leaf maple

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The way the new patio curves its very hard to photograph the whole thing I have found.

Here is the best pic I think. At night of course

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]]> http://obscribe.com/yard/patio-at-night/feed 2 The flagstone is finished http://obscribe.com/yard/the-flagstone-is-finished http://obscribe.com/yard/the-flagstone-is-finished#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:16:04 +0000 The Scribe http://obscribe.com/?p=58

Akina Designs has done a fantastic job on phase 1 of our backyard remodel. The design and installation has been top notch.

What began as what I termed the “Apocalyptic Yard” in a previous post

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Now looks like this

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Akina Landscaping has started our Yard redesign. The flagstone patio work has been started here are some pics of the rock wall progress

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]]> http://obscribe.com/yard/beginning-of-the-rock-wall/feed 0 The Chickens are in the Coop http://obscribe.com/yard/the-chickens-are-in-the-coop http://obscribe.com/yard/the-chickens-are-in-the-coop#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:59:08 +0000 The Scribe http://obscribe.com/?p=40

They have been evicted from my office and are now in the coop. Juicy, Patty and Muchacho have a new home.

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Made from parts of my old fence, some chicken wire, tomato cage wire, 2×4′s, and cedar posts.

They seem to like it

]]> http://obscribe.com/yard/the-chickens-are-in-the-coop/feed 1 The Yarrbor sets sail http://obscribe.com/yard/the-yarrbor-sets-sail http://obscribe.com/yard/the-yarrbor-sets-sail#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:19:04 +0000 The Scribe http://obscribe.com/?p=38

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She is done. And a mighty fine Yarrbor she is indeed.

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This is the new arbor that replaces the fence and crappy gate that went from the front yard to the backyard.

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I call it the Yarrbor because it was made by a fellow who fancies himself as a bit of a pirate. The wood was milled by a guy I know at his lumber mill and is all cedar. Next up is the gates that go between it.

]]> http://obscribe.com/yard/the-yarrbor/feed 0 The Apocalyptic Yard http://obscribe.com/yard/the-apocalyptic-yard http://obscribe.com/yard/the-apocalyptic-yard#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:06:40 +0000 The Scribe http://obscribe.com/?p=33

We have decided to revamp the backyard. It was always a large expanse of grass. The years of 2 large dogs and children running amok over it in the wet Seattle weather have taken its toll.

The lawn was similar to a pasture with divets and patchy grass everywhere. We decided to add a large natural flagstone patio and reseed the lawn where it would still be. So I ordered a Bobcat and hired a good friend who has done work for us in the past and now it looks. Before and after

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Tomorrow 5.5 tons of Montana flagstone arrive and several more tons of crushed base also arrive.

Then the real work begins

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I am ever on the hunt for a better weed whacker mod. I hate adding more string to the head of the thing and it seemd that every company has some solution for it. I have bought a few in the past. None have delivered.

A week ago I was at the local Home Depot and found the Pivotrim my quest is over, I have weed whacked my entire yard twice now without replacing the trimmer line at all. AMAZING!. I highly recommend it. I think it was ~$17

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