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Landscaping – Know when to hold them…Plants

April 14, 2014

Running a small hands on “boutique” landscape and design company is both satisfying and challenging. We run ours out of …

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Garden Quote Friday – Carol Williams, Bringing a Garden to Life

April 11, 2014

“People are turning to their gardens not to consume but to actively create, not to escape from reality but to …

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Nearly instant gratification! Planting an oak

April 7, 2014

This week we went back to a property were we did a design and install last September. We added another …

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Garden Quote Friday – Marina Schinz, Gardening is…

April 4, 2014

“Gardening is an exercise in optimism. Sometimes, it is a triumph of hope over experience.” – Marina Schinz “Louisiana irises …

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Finished our “Urban Texas ” style garden!

March 31, 2014

The mud pit finally dried up and we put in the flagstone and gravel patio. I talked about this in …

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The sky is falling in Texas!

March 26, 2014

I have always loved wildflowers. I look forward to early spring in Texas when the bluebonnets bloom! I have a …

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Using corrigated metal on a shed style roof…a bit of history!

March 24, 2014

We created this outdoor pergola with a shed roof using cedar and corrugated metal to protect the cook from rain …

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Garden Quote Friday – Frances Hodgson Burnett… Is spring coming?

March 21, 2014

“Is the spring coming?” he said. “What is it like?”… “It is the sun shining on the rain and the …

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Madame Plantier roses heralding in the 1st Day of Spring!

March 20, 2014

Happy Vernal equinox!   Equinox comes from Latin meaning “equal night.” Today the amount of daylight hours will equal the …

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The beauty and function of Mexican Plum trees.

March 19, 2014

Many of the trees that we have in our garden here at Ravenscourt are from rip-outs we have done for …

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