Backyard Upgrade
I have written multiple times before about how over the years, our backyard landscaping has provided an oasis of color around our pool. While we have a number of perennial … Continue Reading Backyard Upgrade
Rejuvenated Vintage Chairs
These chairs have belonged to my wife for longer than I can remember. They originally sat on her grandmother’s expansive porch at her large home in midtown Memphis. Sometime after … Continue Reading Rejuvenated Vintage Chairs
Pergola Predicament
Continued from: Pergola Vision The first sign of trouble was more of a nuisance than a real problem. You may recall for the roof of the pergola; we had purchased … Continue Reading Pergola Predicament
Pergola Vision
I have written before that our oldest son is a professional landscape architect and in 2007, while working in San Francisco, he designed a wooden deck for us (click HERE … Continue Reading Pergola Vision
Pool Plight – AGAIN!
When I provided an update on our backyard back in May of this year, I mentioned that there was one more improvement they we planned to make in our backyard. … Continue Reading Pool Plight – AGAIN!
Backyard Update
Last year, I wrote about a needed update we made to our backyard due to severe weather conditions we had experienced in the Memphis area. This row of arborvitae along … Continue Reading Backyard Update
Heirloom Plants
In 2002, a few months after our dad died, sadly less than three years after our mother died, us four siblings decided to gather at our parents’ condo in Hot … Continue Reading Heirloom Plants
Backyard Dilemma
I have written several times before about how the backyard trees and bushes around our pool have been described by some as a “Garden of Eden.” Or by others as … Continue Reading Backyard Dilemma
A Swing Set Upgrade!
In 2017, I wrote a post about how much our in-town granddaughter loved to swing. It was in the spring of that year when her grandmother (my wife affectionately known … Continue Reading A Swing Set Upgrade!
Just a Shadow of its Former Glory
This glorious fig tree has been a part of our backyard oasis for many years and its dense umbrella-like canopy reminds me of those similar looking trees from my favorite … Continue Reading Just a Shadow of its Former Glory
Dining Al Fresco
As I was laboring in the heat last summer rebuilding our backyard deck, I kept wanting to figure out a way for us to better utilize this lower portion of … Continue Reading Dining Al Fresco
“Step Right Up”
Once I rebuilt the deck overlooking our pool, I knew I would have to rebuild the steps leading from the walkway as well. But unlike the deck where it was … Continue Reading “Step Right Up”
“No Hands Left on Deck!”
I decided to rebuild the lower deck in the same manner that we originally built the deck, by first attaching the decking with straight cut edges on the front and … Continue Reading “No Hands Left on Deck!”
“More Hands on Deck!”
It took nearly two weeks of working off and on to get the upper and lower decks ready for new decking. One remaining task was to remove the decking from … Continue Reading “More Hands on Deck!”
“All Hands on Deck!”
It has been several years since I first described the building of this two-level deck in our backyard. Designed by our oldest son, a landscape architect, and originally built in … Continue Reading “All Hands on Deck!”
A Lot of Time for Weeding and Mulching
Well one advantage of not being able to travel this year due to the pandemic has been that I have had more than ample time to weed and mulch our … Continue Reading A Lot of Time for Weeding and Mulching
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