Cold Climate Gardening

Hardy plants for hardy souls

Cold Climate Gardening random header image

Hardscaping and Projects Entries

Birdbaths at the Ithaca Agway

April 28th, 2008 by Kathy Purdy · 7 Comments 

On April 19th I met my sister in Ithaca, NY. She is a graduate of Cornell University, and has made many visits since then. We were going to the ACNARGS meeting in the afternoon, but first she wanted to show me a few of her favorite places.
One of the places she wanted to take me […]

[Read more →]

Categories: Wishlist · Hardscaping and Projects

Keywords: · · · ·

The Fence that Isn’t a Fence: Garden Bloggers’ Design Workshop

December 29th, 2007 by Kathy Purdy · 17 Comments 

I have always loved picket fences. They just look so neat and orderly, and they let flowers peek through. When we first moved here I would look out the window and daydream about a picket fence around the front and at least part way up the sides of our property. I would debate within my […]

[Read more →]

Categories: Hardscaping and Projects

Keywords: ·

Glug, glug, glug

November 16th, 2006 by Kathy Purdy · 5 Comments 

Upstate NY is drowning! At least, my county is. It’s been raining all week, so the ground was saturated, and then this afternoon it really started raining! Must be the kind of downpour they get in Texas all the time. I can’t even check how fast it was coming down, because everyone in town is […]

[Read more →]

Categories: Weather · Hardscaping and Projects

Keywords: No tags yet

Earth-sheltered Greenhouse

October 23rd, 2006 by Kathy Purdy · 5 Comments 

Here are plans to make an Earth-sheltered Greenhouse from a man in Idaho. He actually built it into the side of a hill to help moderate the temperatures inside. It looks like he dug it all out by hand. (Click on Image Gallery for close-ups.) He must have wanted vegetables badly! I’m pretty sure if […]

[Read more →]

Categories: Recommended Links · Hardscaping and Projects

Keywords: No tags yet

Homemade EarthBoxes(TM)

March 28th, 2006 by Kathy Purdy · 6 Comments 

Thanks to Reading Dirt, here are instructions to make a Homemade EarthBox(TM), which is a type of self-watering planter.

[Read more →]

Categories: Recommended Links · Hardscaping and Projects

Keywords: No tags yet

Build a Garden Bench

March 10th, 2006 by Kathy Purdy · 2 Comments 

There are lots of spots on our property that need a bench that don’t have one yet. The most I’ve done so far to rectify this is to collect plans for building garden benches. Yesterday I got the latest issue of Lowe’s self-published magazine, The Woodpost. (You can sign up here if you’re interested.) In […]

[Read more →]

Categories: Recommended Links · Hardscaping and Projects

Keywords: No tags yet

Renovating a Garden: Where to Start?

February 22nd, 2006 by Kathy Purdy · 10 Comments 

Donna Marie emailed:
I am desperate! I have recently bought a property with a huge front and back garden. Both gardens are completely overgrown. Huge bramble bushes and unidentified shrubs loom out at me each time I walk out onto the tired old patio at the back of the house. The […]

[Read more →]

Categories: Hardscaping and Projects · Mailbag

Keywords: No tags yet

valium discount sales klipal 0.5mg 50 tabs Xanax 0.5mg 100 tabs rx drugs alternative cialis zyban versus zyban tramadol uk viagra online oxazepam cheap diazepam online which works better tenuate or tenuate rx pills online drugs order lorazepam prescription discount levitra generic viagra generic viagra natural cialis soft tabs substitute vitamins herbs cheapest place to buy cialis online levitra without prescription herbal viagra soft tabs samples herbal viagra samples porn natural substitute for levitra whats a female cialis cheapest viagra soft tabs in uk viagra in woman viagra soft tabs buy in uk online online drugstore levitra viagra purchase viagra cialis in the uk women and levitra cialis soft tabs sales uk pfizer cialis soft tabs sales uk mexico pharmacy generic viagra