Conrad283

My favorite garage shot (green and red lights in front were for Christmas). The car in the background is a 69 Chevy Nova which I sold in anticipation of getting into school.

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September 29, 2014

Love the garden box idea... my back yard has a bit of a mound to it so I might have to steal the steps/patio idea... Hmm...

Not a problem at all, please do. The closest one is 4x6 and then 4x8, 4x8. The skinny one in the back was 2x8. I made the frames and then got them level and then built them down into the ground.

I used cedar wood and deck screws that wouldn't rust and contaminate the soil. I added compost from a local place and never used any home depot plant food because they got it from the soil. Each box had it's own sprinkler line that I ran for 1-2 minutes 3 times a day.

September 29, 2014

Thanks. This is only temporary. After grad school I/we hope to move back to CO and if I God-forbid have to stay in Fl, we're moving outta this place.

But we wanted to make it appealing for when we sell it and the open floor plan is the way to go.

September 29, 2014

Then I moved to Florida for graduate school and left all that behind. But the projects didn't stop

This stupid 3/4 wall separated the kitchen in a bad way. This is what it looked like and since that wall was coming down, I used it as a test wall for colors

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September 29, 2014

My favorite part of my yard was the garden beds that I built.

From this:

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To this:

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The inbetween:

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September 29, 2014

Removed ~400 sq ft of river rock

All tilled:

All sodded:

Once it rooted after a few months

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That sod, on both sides, was formulated specifically for the Colorado climate. I was so thrilled with how it looked. It was the first yard on the block that was green in the spring and stayed green during the hot and dry summer months. I know there are a lot of members here from CO. It was simply the best. Got it from greenvalleyturf.