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Sat, 16 May 2009

Landscaping Project: Pathway Pavers: New Topiaries
Part of our landscaping refresh has not only included new paver pathways and arbors. We also decided to replace the Quaking Aspen out front from "pom pom" topiaries. They look pretty cool (but may be hard to keep them trimmed and looking good).

Three new 'pom pom' topiaries were planted today (1 of 2).

Three new 'pom pom' topiaries were planted today (2 of 2).

:: Posted by rus on Sat, 16 May 2009 10:52 pm
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Fri, 24 Apr 2009

Landscaping Project: Pathway Pavers: Progress Report
The pathways are starting to take shape and look pretty good! We dressed up the side yard quite a bit. First of all, we tore out the old white wood arbors and replaced them with black iron ones. We also removed the two 2x8-wood sided planters and upgraded them to one long continuous bed that is enclosed by a small 6-inch high retaining wall. Here are a couple of pictures of the side yard:

The front arbor entrance includes a decorative gate.

The second arbor provides a gateway from the side yard to the back yard.

These next two pictures show the areas immediately adjacent to the covered patio. The picture below at left shows the southern side of the patio as you walk toward the arbor and around the side of the house. We widened the path here a bit to make room for the barbeque. We are going to place the barbeque on the right side of that picture with its back against he house. The barbeque will not be covered as a result. This will allow the smoke to vent upward from the barbeque unencumbered by the patio ceiling. It will be easier to visualize once I have the barbeque placed over there. Next week it might be all done and I'll post an update.

The picture below at right shows the paver pattern that was installed at the base of the spiral stair case. Nice!

The barbeque will sit on the pavers on the right side of this picture.

A look at the circular paver pattern at the bottom of the spiral staircase.

Here is a shot of the path that heads over to the gazebo away from the spiral staircase.

The path that leads out to the gazebo.

:: Posted by rus on Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:54 pm
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Tue, 07 Apr 2009

Landscaping Project: Pathway Pavers: Arbor Installation
Our two new arbors were installed today. They sit in the same place as our old white wood ones, but these are made out of iron and tubular steel and are painted black. I'd snap some pictures, but Kristy has the camera down in San Diego. I'll be sure to post some later.

I was not impressed with the arbor installer. He chopped our CATV cable that runs from the street curb to the entry point at our house while digging footings for one of the arbors. I only noticed it indirectly because my internet was down for much of the morning. After having put two and two together, I walked out there to find the severed cable at the bottom of a hole that was just about ready to receive a quikcrete pour. Yikes! The severed cable would be at the bottom of a concrete arbor footing if I had not intervened. I patched the cable together for now, but will have to figure out something more permanent tomorrow. Phhpppt.

:: Posted by rus on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:39 pm
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Sat, 04 Apr 2009

Landscaping Project: Pathway Pavers: Path Preparation
We are replacing our flagstone pathways with pavers. We had to choose what kind of material to put at the bottom of the spiral staircase and we decided that a circular pattern done with pavers would look the best... so all the pathways will be done with pavers to match. It should look pretty good. Today the landscaping crew showed up to remove all of the old material and to prepare the paths for the new pavers.

Here is what it looks like without the flagstone (the flourescent orange paint marks where the new paths will be located):

Preparing for the new paved pathways on the side of the house.

Preparing the spiral stair landing for the pavers.

(Update Sun Apr 5 22:19:11 PDT 2009 // added the pictures)

:: Posted by rus on Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:43 pm
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