One year's growth

I thought I had posted these together before, but perhaps not. This is a water project similar to the one just finished, one year later. jc

New Work in progress (part three)

Planted and mulched with some water plants. It has proportionally too much visible stone, but about a third of it will be hidden by plant material by next year, and more thereafter. Eventually you need to prune and trim to keep the plants from burying all the stone. You need to keep the hard/soft balance. jc

New Work in Progress continued

In the first photo, I'm ready to put the third liner section in the top pond. The blue hose is where I will run the return from the pump. In the second photo, I have turned it on for the first time, and will spend some time checking to make sure it doesn't leak anywhere. In the third photo I have done most of the decorative rock work and put in a few plants. jc

New Work in Progress

I'm going to post some photos of a project from almost beginning to almost end. I forgot to take a picture before I tore up the bank, but the first shot is after one day with the skidsteer. I had to move a holly, a spirea and one rhodo to be placed later. The second shot shows after the liner is in the bottom pool. I build a block structure -- you can see a bit of it in the top pool -- put a liner in and add a stone rim. The third shot is after I glued a second piece of liner to the first and ran it to the top. jc

New year, new work

Winter now, so I can get on to some sculpture. This is how a ribbon sculpture grows. I cut the sheet into one long strip and heat and bend it. Day one with a clean sheet of mild steel; day three as the piece emerges. jc

Flowers

Been a while. This is the site I used for the one year gardens last year. Much better this year. Great hydrangeas. The new wall and plantings look nice, but in a year or two they will be spectacular. All perennials. jc

new project

Finally got started on a new water feature. I'll show progress photos.
Had a nightmare with the wall. Mason decided his estimate was off by about, oh... 100%. Made me physically ill. Through goodness and generousity of owner it was resolved. I'm sure it will be nice, but now I just want it over. Will post photos if it also. jc

One day in May

I'm doing design/planning on a house in my usual neighborhood. The old house is a tear down and the new one will be the guest house of the adjacent property. I'm hoping to get it sited and graded so that the two parcels feel like one place. I met with the builder of the new house. He seemed very interested and helpful. This is a view of the house to be demoed, from the adjacent property, and the other way. I've cleared a lot of the understory in the second shot. jc