Category: On The Stump
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Saying Goodbye
Yesterday was a melancholy day at Land Designs Unlimited LLC. A client of 5 years is moving and yesterday was my last visit. There’s a chance the new owners will want my services, I hope they do. Unfortunately, experience has taught me it rarely works that way. This landscape is special for a couple of…
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Fall Cleanup Finished Today
Today I finished last year’s fall cleanup! Not a moment too soon either, in a few short months leaves will start falling again. Let me explain, normally I use a leaf blower to blow the leaves onto the grass then shred them with a lawnmower. However, last year I decided to go Old School and…
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Patient Craftsman of Exceptional Landscapes
I don’t want to say it’s been a bad year, it hasn’t. It’s been typical of what a year as a landscape designer and a contractor has been as long as I can remember. Typical meaning constant change and no guarantees. You Never Get Every Job It took me years to realize you’ll never get…
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Bird Baths and Husbands
Yesterday, I started the search for a bird bath for the back yard. I was hoping to find something simple, a flat stone with a bowl carved into it. Indeed I’ve admired a few like that over the years. I headed off to Swenson Granite. I spotted what I was looking for. Unfortunately, there was…
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Happy Halloween 2018
I hope you get all the candy you wish for.
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Dissappointment
Earlier in the week a client asked for a quote to spread soil around their new drive. I’m disappointed in myself because I almost spent more time contemplating the job than doing it. I believe the term is analysis paralysis. Let me explain. When talking with the client I said I can do the job…
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An Evening Walk – The Road not Taken
Last night I went for the best walk I’ve had in a while. We’ve had high heat, high humidity and a ton of rain the last couple weeks which hasn’t encouraged walks. I started around 5:00 PM without much of an idea where I was headed. At one corner left would take me home in…
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Why I love Gardening
Tonight as I walked through the yard I saw a spider weaving a web. If you thought a spider carefully crafted a web over the course of days you’re wrong. I would guess it took the spider an hour or two to weave the web below. This post isn’t about spider webs but it’s related…
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Another Day at the Office
I’ve been working on Lake Zoar in Monroe CT the last couple days. The weather this week has been beautiful. High 50’s to low 60’s and sunny. Last week I worked in a drizzle mixed with snowflakes. The improved weather is a welcome change. The picture at the top of this post is a fire…