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Backyard after planting (2009)

Backyard Before & After

By ADD | Published: August 16, 2010
If you stopped by the blog on Friday, you know that my Dad was in town for the weekend.  We didn’t make it to the flea market because I was a little under the weather, but Dad and I visited the farmers market Saturday morning and we had a casual dinner in the backyard that [...]
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Our soon-to-be-realized- floorpans.

Shades of Gray

By ADD | Published: March 31, 2010
I’m sitting in our backyard listening to the screeching whirl of a saw ripping eight inch poplar baseboards and watching tiny furled fronds push their way up through the soggy soil. I can imagine that the ferns are curling their way out of the ground as I write this.  There was no evidence of the [...]
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Yeah, those are my pink flamingos, you got a problem with that?

A garden grows in Brooklyn

By ADD | Published: October 22, 2009
When we moved in a little over a year ago, the back “yard” consisted of  dirt, insane weeds, loads of broken concrete and glass, and a swarming mosquito colony (thanks to the rusted out gutters).  Nice. With a little help from our friends, we put together an actual garden in no time.  Scott and his brother [...]
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