Tag Archives: salvage
more shelves
I don’t have any travel plans this summer, so July’s rhythm has been work, work, work, decompress in garden, shower, repeat. And I don’t really mind because the garden is so absorbing this time of year. At least once a … Continue reading
blue fence
Double-sided, dog-eared redwood fence, you win. Smug, aren’t you? You know I can’t afford to replace you. Over the years I’ve stained you blue (twice), stenciled you in scrolls, but to no avail. There you stand, a blue, stenciled, dog-eared … Continue reading
Posted in design, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Beaucarnea recurvata, bromeliads, Cupressus macrocarpa 'Citriodora', cussonia, dog-eared redwood fencing, fences, graptoveria, Hardiebacker cement board, Ponytail palm, Potted's City Planter, rhipsalis, salvage, Schefflera actinophylla 'Soleil'
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shop chair plant stands
Marty grabbed these two tall, slim shop chairs from a salvage yard in Gardena for cheap today, as a future sand-and-paint project. In the meantime, I think I’ve found two new plant stands.
Posted in pots and containers
Tagged Eucalyptus 'Moon Lagoon', plant stands, salvage, Yucca rostrata
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designing crows
“The crows that live in Tokyo use clothes hangers to make nests. In such a large city, there are few trees, so the natural materials that crows need to make their nests are scarce. As a result, the crows occasionally … Continue reading
Posted in creatures, photography
Tagged adaptation, crows, habitat, nests, repurposing, salvage
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flea market 101
Getting to our first ever flea market as buyers sellers last Sunday was a journey of just five miles. Still, it was epic in scope and had all the hallmarks of a serious expedition: Not sleeping the night before, endless … Continue reading
Posted in commerce, design, garden ornament, MB Maher, pots and containers
Tagged collecting, concrete objects, Dustin Gimbel, flea markets, Kris Peterson Late to the Garden Party, Long Beach Antique Market, MB Maher, non-secateur, Rancho Reubidoux, Reuben Munoz, ropework, salvage, VW bus
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the packrat king
If you’ve ever visited Lotusland, you’ll instantly know why I was drawn to these clamshells. Set up temporarily on a bird bath stand. I was hoping they’d hold a lot more water than they do. Sitting on the stand at … Continue reading
succulents make us do the strangest things
I had to laugh when I saw Reuben’s latest project on this post, planting the frame to an old television monitor, which I think is incredibly classy and wish he’d sell to me. (Look at those aeonium knobs!) I completely … Continue reading
Garden Bloggers Fling 2013; Organic Mechanics Garden
The first garden on Friday was created in the courtyard between two apartment buildings originally gifted to twin sisters by their father in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. The Organic Mechanics, James Pettigrew and Sean Stout, see opportunity where … Continue reading
bench
We’re in the early planning stages of another project, and I’ve started to notice a pattern here. Often projects start out with stuff we’ve found, which gets stored deep in the recesses of the garage and is completely forgotten, but … Continue reading
scenes from San Pedro, Calif.
I want to show you a house and garden I found earlier today, but first you’ll need to look at the Pacific Ocean, just as I did before I found the house. No, this wasn’t a vacation. I had a … Continue reading