Sunday, October 14, 2012

Things I think about.

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Each year somewhere around my birthday, I have a look back at my ever increasing years and write down things about myself that seem import...
Saturday, October 13, 2012

Hanging Pictures

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Isn't one of the last things one does in a new house to make it home is hang pictures?  I have been doing that and at least one room loo...
Friday, October 12, 2012

Moving is a Mess

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I am still moving to Arkansas.  Seems like it's taking forever. Maybe because it is.  One more trip and lots of craigslist postings/gara...
Thursday, September 27, 2012

It might be fall where you are

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But it sure isn't fall here in New Orleans.  We did have some cooler weather for a few mornings, but it was just a tease until the rea...
Friday, September 21, 2012

Fall Pond Care

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Those pretty tropical pond photos were fun, but now that the seasons are changing, it's time to concentrate on some of the nuts and bolt...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Even more pond design pics

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Want to hear lots and lots of water.  After packing this pond chockablock with plants, pumps, tubes and waterfalls, the client wanted to h...
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Sunday, September 16, 2012

Pond Design, Continued

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Let's keep showing pond design solutions.  I know it seems simple just to dig a hole and fill it with water and in many ways it is, but ...
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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Formal Pond Design

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This pond was at New Orleans' famous Broussard's Restaurant.  I did not build it, just needed to make it work again after being...
Thursday, September 13, 2012

More pond design

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I am continuing the series of photos giving ideas about how to best design your pond to make the most efficient use of space in your garden....
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Pond photos

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Maybe you can get some design ideas from ponds I have built.  Most of these are free form ponds with flexible liners.  Occasionally a formal...
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Sunday, September 09, 2012

More design ideas

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I found early on while starting to build ponds for customers that most of them didn't want formal concrete boxes, but free form natural ...
Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Recalling Ponds in Pictures

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During these last days of the heat of August, I will continue to post photos of ponds I have built over the years.  Some were easy and other...
Tuesday, September 04, 2012

Summer is still here even if Isaac isn't

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Although much of Slidell is flooded and without electricity, all is OK here on our end of town.   So it's time to call the emergency ove...
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Monday, September 03, 2012

Life returns to normal

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I went to replenish all the groceries we lost from the freezer and refrigerator yesterday.  I shoulda stayed home.  The shelves were almost ...
Sunday, September 02, 2012

Isaac is officially gone

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It's getting to be fall in parts of the US.  Down here in New Orleans, it's still summer and filled with heat and more heat and will...
Saturday, September 01, 2012

After Isaac

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Isaac has come and gone. He did significant damage, much more than  I expected.  At our house,  the biggest problem was loss of power. We we...
Monday, August 27, 2012

Hurricane Isaac

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Our local media is spending 24/7 on the air whipping folks into a frenzy over Hurricane Isaac.  Isaac is supposed to come ashore on the 7th ...
Sunday, August 26, 2012

The Photos continue

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This pond is in filtered sun and under lots of pine trees.  The empty spot screamed for a pond, so I built an above ground one with cinderb...
Friday, August 24, 2012

Ponds I have built

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I am gonna post some photos of ponds I have built through the years. They might give you an idea of how to design your pond. Pics keep me ...
Thursday, August 16, 2012

Book Hard Copy, Maybe.

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I am working on getting my book published as a hard copy, one you can hold in your hands.  Even take into the field with you as you dig a ho...