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| fill next to stucco | 8/21/2008 |
Q: Our condo complex is 30 years old, a fabulous Safdie design, the exterior is stucco built in ...
A: Your condominium sounds wonderful. I fully understand your concern about rot and termites in your ...
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| Exterior garden wall | 8/21/2008 |
Q: I would like to build a garden wall, just 5-6'tall, about 12'long, old brick, then apply a stucco ...
A: Jim, I noticed that you were very unclear on my advice in helping you find a book to reference on ...
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| river rock | 8/20/2008 |
Q: WE have put a fair bit of river rock in our front yard. I would like to apply a finish to keep the ...
A: Kathy, Please forgive my tardiness in getting back with you. I am on an extended vacation ...
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| PENNSYLVANIA BLUESTONE | 8/19/2008 |
Q: How is Pennsylvania bluestone installed...rough or smooth side up?
A: Please forgive my tardiness in getting back with you. I am on an extended vacation traveling in ...
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| Retaining Wall | 8/16/2008 |
Q: I live in Orlando, Fla and my back yard is made up of mostly sugar sand. I would like to build a ...
A: Please forgive my tardiness in getting back with you. I am on extended vacation and do not have ...
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| Re: Saga Palm | 8/12/2008 |
Q: I have a lot of Saga Palms in my backyard, baby Palms are growing how do I transplant them so they ...
A: Sago Palms are a great landscape plant as a focal point in a planting. Best known to growers and ...
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| Balsam Tree roots | 8/12/2008 |
Q: Our NC mt. Balsam tree has grown to almost 40 feet with the roots now appearing above ground ...
A: Generally speaking, the possibility of damage to your foundation is dependent on the age and type of ...
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| Hate the back yard... | 8/11/2008 |
Q: I'm hoping you can help me determine what kind of money I might be spending to do a new back yard. ...
A: Contemplating a landscape for one's home can be an overwhelming undertaking without understanding ...
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| Cheap durable retaining wall | 8/10/2008 |
Q: I have a quick question for you. I am building a new home and need to build a retaining wall (2-3 ...
A: If not for those inconvenient retaining walls, life would be so much simpler. I have not seen the ...
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| Can you help me? | 8/6/2008 |
Q: 750 in supplies for a job. The work consisted of bringing in 4 yds. of topsoil to level the ground ...
A: It sounds as though you have really been up to your ankles first in landscaping, and from the sound ...
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| Needs ideas about landscaping house front | 8/2/2008 |
Q: I have lived in my house (which used to belong to my grandparents) for 30 years and would like to ...
A: Kim, If you e-mail me directly, be sure to put "ALL EXPERTS QUESTION" in the subject line of your ...
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| Walkway pavers | 6/1/2008 |
Q: I would like to install pavers on stone dust only, not with crush stone for the base. It's only 4'x ...
A: Please forgive me for not responding before now. My mom has been very ill and I have had to spend ...
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| Steep drainage slope at the back garden | 5/27/2008 |
Q: D. I just bought a new house in Katy, the back yard lawn app. size of 24 x 55 ft. The lawn has a ...
A: Iwan, Thank you for your patience in me getting back with you. Concerning your drainage issue, ...
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| Replacing a fence | 5/27/2008 |
Q: Our neighbor has let his once beautiful hedge grow gangly and ugly. We've asked him to trim it but ...
A: There is nothing like a really nice privacy hedge to make it possible to enjoy privacy in our own ...
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| sago palms | 5/27/2008 |
Q: What will eat sago palms? Cows, deer...
A: Susan, Please forgive me for taking so long to get back with you on your question concerning ...
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| river cobble | 5/25/2008 |
Q: I am thinking about using med. size rivver cobble to fill and around my drainage ditches. The ditch ...
A: So very sorry for the delay in getting back with you. My mother has become very ill and I was not ...
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| Using Rocks in a Lugustrum Bed | 5/21/2008 |
Q: Ward' I am thinking of making a Lugustrum Hedge with Rocks in the Bed instead of Mulch. Is this OK ...
A: Good morning Robert. So very sorry for the delay in getting back with you. A ligustrum hedge can be ...
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| steep slope | 5/21/2008 |
Q: I live in upstate NY, zone (4?), have lived here 3 years, and my backyard has a steep slope. There ...
A: Good afternoon Bridgette, A slippery slope indeed when it comes to steep slopes in upstate New ...
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| Landscaping | 5/20/2008 |
Q: Recently I pulled four large bushes out from infront of my porch. Now I need some help with ...
A: Good Morning Kathy, I would be happy to help you with your front porch area. My e-mail address is ...
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| Using/Covering Landscape Ties | 5/20/2008 |
Q: I live in Los Angeles; we are going to be using landscape ties to do some terracing in our back yard ...
A: Boy! Do you have your work cut out for you! The use of railroad ties is fairly common in landscapes ...
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| New garden | 5/20/2008 |
Q: We have a suburban lot that borders a city pond. In order to create a border, we decided to make a ...
A: I am eager to help you further if you can provide me with answers to the questions that I have sent ...
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| China Sink | 5/20/2008 |
Q: My wife has an old china sink in our garden. She wants it decorated, either painted or some sort of ...
A: I would recommend that if the sink is antique in nature or is of a fragile nature and you desire to ...
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| front landscape | 5/19/2008 |
Q: The landscape of the front of my house looks so naked (typical of new subdivision houses). Please ...
A: Such gracious words. Thank you for your kind words. I do aspire to be a good writer one day, and ...
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| Malus Spring Snow planting | 5/19/2008 |
Q: How close to a Versa-Lok retaining wall (behind/on top) should I expect to plant a Malus Spring ...
A: Without seeing the actual site plan, I do not feel that i can give you the very best advice possible ...
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| Malus Spring Snow planting | 5/19/2008 |
Q: How close to a Versa-Lok retaining wall (behind/on top) should I expect to plant a Malus Spring ...
A: George, Thank for contacting me. I am pleased to offer you the following advice. When determining ...
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| front landscape | 5/18/2008 |
Q: The landscape of the front of my house looks so naked (typical of new subdivision houses). Please ...
A: WOW! Judy, You have really been a busy woman and I can see that you are wanting to be very ...
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| landscaping U shaped entry | 5/17/2008 |
Q: I'd love to have some suggestions on what to do with our U shaped entry for landscaping. I'd love ...
A: There really is nothing more exciting than to have a clean canvas like that of a landscape waiting ...
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| border around wishing well | 5/16/2008 |
Q: I am having problems with the border blocks shifting and leaning forward. When we put it in we dug ...
A: I am so happy that what I have offered in the way of advise was helpful. hehehe... yes... 'sank' ...
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| border around wishing well | 5/16/2008 |
Q: I am having problems with the border blocks shifting and leaning forward. When we put it in we dug ...
A: Your problem is very common among homeowners. Without seeing a photo of the problem i cannot speak ...
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| landscaping on a steep slope | 5/15/2008 |
Q: S.D.- We have issues with a retaining wall along the patio outside the walkout basement of our new ...
A: Jennifer, ********* If you and your husband would like to communicate directly on the erosion and ...
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| Lawn | 5/14/2008 |
Q: I sprayed weed b gone on my lawn and it turned brown. I have been soaking it everyday but the grass ...
A: I would be curious to know how long the weed killer has sat on the grass, and how extensive the ...
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