There was a guy at one of the gyms at which I worked out who had a T-shirt that said "don't be passive, be massive." He was definitely the latter; you kind of
We often think of shapes as two-dimensional: squares, rectangles, circles, and triangles. This isn't how we perceive them in the landscape, however. We see them in three dimensions, like cubes, spheres, and cones.
Last year I was working in the home office when I heard a horrible screeching noise, a thump, and I felt the house shake. I use the cats as a gauge to determine
Common? Maybe. Still, there's no denying that this is a showy plant in the fall. Just keep in mind that it wants to get to be a ten foot by ten foot plant.
ICON_PLACEHOLDEREstimated reading time: 3 minutes Can we speak frankly? We're friends, right? This is an issue that I encounter a lot: A lot of folks are thinking too small when it comes to
The other day, one of the industry blogs I follow highlighted a hit piece that someone did about hiring a contractor. I started to write him an email rebutting all his flawed points
Yes, I do commercial design work as well. Not bid work- I'm a firm believer that when the only deciding factor is the lowest bid, everyone (including the client) loses- but work for
In amongst the craziness of spring, I took the time to slide by a flagstone patio/ dry-stacked fieldstone wall/ planting job I designed last spring. I have to say, I'm pretty happy with
Sorry for my absence from this blog- spring rush and all. But hey, ignore the tumbleweeds and check out the most amazing plant blog I've found! No quick hit and run posts with
If you're looking for a funky little accent plant, Pieris japonica is a great choice, and the variety 'Mountain Fire' seems to do pretty well in northern Virginia. What's also important is that