Posted in Associations, design principles, equipment, tagged creativity, office space on June 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There I was the other day sitting between my desk/table contemplating my work, that’s when it hit me.
My office space doesn’t work.
I’m not happy.
I spend/spent too much time bent over, especially when I was working on details . . . which is a lot of the time. It’s in those details and paying attention to [...]
Posted in equipment, hardscapes, tagged cast iron pots on December 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I just want to clarify the size of those 3 pots that I had written about in the previous 2 posts.
Two Previous Post
The 1st post dealt with my finding these pots and a list of ideas on how they might even be used. The 2nd post was a synopsis of the 1st and the added [...]
Posted in equipment, hardscapes on November 28, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Last week I posted about these iron pots that I had picked up at the local auction.
[The pots in question. ]
In the comment’s section Jonathan asked about the sizes of these pots this was my reply:
I’d say they’re somewhere between 30″-36″ in diameter and a good 18″ deep. They are some good size pots, and [...]
Posted in equipment, tagged ax, axes, firewood, Fiskars on November 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Usually I have some sort of an Appreciation of Stone, or this, or this . . . on the weekends, but today I am feeling appreciative of one of my favorite tools . . . My Fiskar’s ax.
Over the years I have used several axes and different types of wood splitting tools and the ax [...]
Posted in design principles, equipment, quotes on July 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This is so ridiculous a statement I don’t know whether to be mad or cry, or have a stiff drink-I think I’ll have a stiff drink:
Landscape professionals rely on computer programs “100 percent,” most often choosing Rhinoceros or Maya, according to Mark Thomann, design director at Balmori Associates, a Manhattan-based landscape architecture firm.
The NYTimes is [...]
Posted in equipment on May 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It’s a tool shed, it’s a firewood storage compartment, it’s a barbecue, no wait it’s a garden shed, uh no . . . it’s a loft! That’s it, a loft . . . or a tool shed, or a storage cabinet, how about a Walden? . . . uh, never mind-you decide . . . [...]
Posted in equipment, nature on March 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
[courtesy of the Fudgefactory]
Posted in Construction in-progress, equipment, stone on December 22, 2006 | 1 Comment »
posted, 09/00/06
Stihl cut-off saw
This Stihl cut-off saw is often called a “quik-kut” saw or a “quickie” saw. Guys in the trade refer to these saws that way for an obvious reason-they’re fast. They get the job done quickly and for the most part efficiently.
Stihl; of course, is not the only maker of this type of [...]
Posted in Construction in-progress, equipment, stone on December 22, 2006 | 2 Comments »
posted, 09/00/06
In order to get this circle . . .
The contractor was trying to get some old foundation stone circled up to create a firepit for a backyard entertaining area. Previous times we would have used a quik-cut saw with a 12″ or 14″ circular blade. Which would have meant more handling of the stone. [...]
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