Jaworski House

Category: Planter

  • Fencing

    <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaworskihouse/8617605031/” title=”Fence Repaired, on Flickr”><img src=”https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8245/8617605031_38f0de4451_n.jpg” width=”320″ height=”213″ alt=”Fence Repair”></a><br />n<br />nThe back fence in the yard is really old. It was here when I got here in 1996, and hasn’t seen any maintenance at all. Just the opposite, in fact. It’s been weathered, weakened, and even attacked by huge roots from a feral…

  • A Weekend of Storms and Rainwater

    Here is my latest installment of my new toy, our rain water catchment system.<br />n<br />nLate last week, I scrambled to get the line from the supply pipe connected to the water tank, because there was a good, wet storm forecasted to hit our area. What did we get out of it, or better asked,…

  • Water Tank Install

    <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaworskihouse/6299742428/” title=”water tank by jaworskihouse, on Flickr”><img src=”http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6057/6299742428_994c03eff2_m.jpg” width=”240″ height=”160″ alt=”water tank”></a><br />n<br />nThe water tank arrived at the house safely the other day. There’s a picture of it above, next to the house. Earlier today, I pulled it out to clean it up and rinse out the inside.<br />n<br />nThe image below shows…

  • Done: Landscape Project

    As of today, our landscape project is officially done. Done from the contractor’s perspective.<br />n<br />nHe and one of his foreman came by today to put some finishing touches on the post rock. He asked me if there was anything else to do, any questions or details to finish up. Other than adjusting the latch…

  • Overestimated Materials

    One of the things that was part of the overall landscaping project was to finish off the inside of the patio cover. It was partially done during the major construction, the sections that are part of the house, but the rest was left raw with the posts and beams exposed. Our plan was to finish…

  • Rainwater Harvesting

    <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaworskihouse/6278276724/” title=”Jaworski House Water Tank, by jaworskihouse, on Flickr”><img src=”http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6097/6278276724_c0d07dc7ba_m.jpg” width=”160″ height=”240″ alt=”water_tank-1″></a><br />n<br />nPart of the landscape project includes a system that will harvest rainwater. Yes, I realize that water from the pipe is cheap and it will be decades before we recoup the cost of installing this system, but a), now is…

  • Landscaping

    <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaworskihouse/6155487615/” title=”landscape_2011 09 16_0019 by jaworskihouse, on Flickr”><img src=”http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6210/6155487615_efdf991cf8_m.jpg” width=”240″ height=”180″ alt=”landscape_2011 09 16_0019″></a><br />n<br />nOver three years after the major remodel completed, early last month we embarked on the next and final phase of remodeling, which is the landscape. We’ve been living in a half completed, transitional yard that was awaiting the major…

  • First CSA Drop

    I mentioned in a previous post that we signed up for shares in a local farm, <a href=”http://www.twosmallfarms.com/” title=”two small farms”>two farms</a>, actually. This is a CSA, or Community Supported Agriculture, program.<br />n<br />nThis past Wednesday, which happened to be St Patricks Day, we received our first drop. We received the pick up info via…

  • TSF’s CSA Program

    <a href=”http://www.twosmallfarms.com/” title=”two small farms”>Two Small Farms</a> is a collaboration between <a href=”http://www.highgroundorganics.com/” title=”high ground organics”>High Ground Organics</a> and <a href=”http://www.mariquita.com/” title=”mariquita farm”>Mariquita Farm</a> in Watsonville and Hollister. They grow organic specialty vegetables, greens, strawberries, flowers, and herbs for their Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) members in Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Francisco counties, and Silicon…

  • Snails, Snails, Everywhere

    <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaworskihouse/4398038211/” title=”Snail Brunch”><img src=”http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2792/4398038211_fa9b1cb8a2_m.jpg” width=”240″ height=”160″ alt=”Snail Brunch” /></a><br />n<br />nWent out to the patch a couple hours after sundown and found this poor cauliflower plant overrun with snails.<br />n<br />nThe plant was in bad shape already due to predators, but I’ve never seen it like this!<br />n<br />nClick the picture and select a…