An Apology

Pictures-Chinese-Garden-017.jpgI have been extremely busy, so I lost some momentum for this site.  Naturally, once one gets out of the discipline of posting and maintaining a site, things go to heck in a handbasket.  I am trying to resolve to being better, promise.  I have much yet to offer here, so please tune in now and then.  Thanks, again,

 

Steve

Simple Water Feature

val-2.jpgThe sounds from this one were perfectly constructed.  With its penetrating gurgling, water can be too noisy.  This little falls ended up being perfect for the residents.  As you can see, there is some ambient noise from traffic and houses nearby.  This little waterfall cuts through that and provides some peaceful sounds in a city.

First Principles

I have been landscaping and gardening for 35 years. In that time, I have encountered an incredible number of situations and and scenario’s which have informed me about what I do now.  While my interests are in making enough money to feed myself and my family, I have a creative streak which allows my curiosity to overtake my business sense at times, I admit, but which has lengthened the width and breadth of my endeavors into an abundant number of areas in the trade and in related trades. In the end, I am hoping it will pay off. Having said all that, I also have experienced some extremely rewarding enterprises, regardless of the financial end.
I will endeavor here to share some of that experience with you. I am well aware of the incredibly wide assortment of gardening problems presented to us all. I will invite questions, comments and criticisms. I will promise you never to believe for a moment that I have all the answers to any of the conundrums of gardening and landscaping. The one thing I have learned most is that there are innumerable ways to do almost anything. And this especially applies to gardens and landscapes.
I am an informal person, pretty easy to get along with. I circulate in public and love doing so. My crews and co workers are generally good natured but experienced, as am I myself. I take pride in my work. I will be submitting pictures to illustrate the content of some of the blogs I will write. I take scads of them, although I so regret missing doing it when employed by others in the past. What I want is to produce an accessible and entertaining blog, suitable for those others of us who enjoy the field of gardening, landscaping and getting dirty. I will end up stressing issues like maintenance and gardening per se, yet my primary interests are in the design and installation of landscaping projects for residential uses. I hope my interest in this field, including its future, entertains and somehow informs. Dig it!