Clementine getting water in the garden.

Petie in flower pots

Gohan and Tomatoes circa August 2009

Sunflowers from Studio Victory Garden

I planted sunflowers and other vegetables in a Victory garden in front of Butler Street Foundry where my studio is located. Gohan is maintaining quality control.

Buzzzz

Happy Haloween from Gohan as Bee.

more tomatoes

renovated dining room ceiling

We decided to take out the dirty cracked ceiling and leave the exposed beams. The ceiling is low, so it gives the appearance of more space. We painted the beams with water-based polyurethane and a mixed in mildicide to keep down dust.

Back yard 8.30.09

Compare to garden view in June of 2008 and
the progression of our yard since we bought the house.

BIG heirloom tomato

This tomato came from the area where its siblings are in the center of the picture above.

lewd Zuch

Dragonfly 2009

We had another dragon fly sighting in the back yard.
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left:
first tomatoes in early June

right:
first grasshoppers in mid June

Our yard from 1.22.08 to 6.25.09

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above: 1.22.08
right top: 4.20.09
right bottom: 6.25.09

leafy plants and bushes

left image: Red Mill aka Pieris Japonica, Pink Delight Butterfly bush aka Buddleia davidii, hosta plants, Wild Ginger aka Asarum canadense





right image: my great-grandmother's rhubarb aka Rheum rhabarbarum and our cat Clementine (lynx point siamese)

I layer newspaper to retard weed growth and mulch to retain moisture.

We have no grass as it requires maintenance. We do very little weeding ad watering.

Spring flowers

above left: Salvia nemoroso aka Caradonna
above right:
right: Siberian Iris
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May Plants

Left: hostas, tomatoes, thyme, pepper, hot and sweet, eggplants, basil, Gohan the cat.



Right: Eastern Redbud tree aka Boton Rojo del Oriente, wild geraniums, ferns, Siberian Iris, Poppy's.

More rain catchers.
Brussel sprouts, cilantro, garlic chives, oregano, tomatoes and eggplant.

Gohan and Rhubarb

This is one of our cats, Gohan (tied up so he won't jump the fence) and my great grandmother's rhubarb handed down through splitting plants. Gohan is a large cat (11+ lbs), the Rhubarb is around 4.5 feet wide.
Also pictured is a plastic tub and 5 gallon bucket for collecting rainwater during storms so that we can add to our rain barrels. We have 150 Gallons of rain collected so far this season. Rain water is best for watering plants for a number of reasons--one being plants like the water to be the temperature of the air.

Unidentified tree

We have an unidentified tree in the front sidewalk I would like to prune. It provides allot of much needed shade to the front to our house.
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