Category Archives: Garden Structures

A Gardeners Dream Come True!

Ray and I started the greenhouse a few weeks ago and it’s starting to look awesome!  We have been salvaging materials for a few years and last summer we were given some beautiful old windows and bricks from a remodel … Continue reading

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Bad Ass Deer Spray!

Here is some evidence that the deer spray is still working!  Cut flowers from my gardens here in Bayfield. This deer spray post was originally posted on my sister’s blog Bees and Chicks.  I have had many requests for the … Continue reading

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Flower Combinations

I visited Block Island recently and I took some photos of  beautiful flower combinations. The photos in this post are from my friend’s/client’s garden and in my family’s garden. Here are a few: Edie’s flower bed in July Oriental Lilies … Continue reading

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Garden Ladder

Ray made this ladder for one of my clients who needed a support for her White Wisteria sinensis alba.  It looks great with the vine attached to it.

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Pergola

What a view! The pergola was built a few years ago.  The Western Red Cedar has aged to a beautiful silver grey.

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Privacy Fence

This fence was built on Block Island for a friend/client who wanted to add little privacy to her garden area.

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Arbor Gate for the Vegetable Garden

Last year Ray put up deer fencing for the vegetable garden on Block Island, but he ran out of time to put in the entrance gate. He finished it last week just before we came back to Durango and it … Continue reading

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A Carpenter and a Gardener

Mary Beth: This is where it all started, my father’s gardens on Block Island. From a young age I helped my father in his gardens. As a child I initially found it to be a chore, but as time went … Continue reading

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