{"id":1079,"date":"2011-06-17T15:02:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T21:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pagefillers.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/17\/landscaping-2011\/"},"modified":"2011-06-17T15:02:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T21:02:00","slug":"landscaping-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pagefillers.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/17\/landscaping-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Landscaping 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last summer&#8217;s project was <a href=\"http:\/\/pagefillers.com\/blog\/260911\/\">residing the house<\/a>. This summer&#8217;s project was <a href=\"http:\/\/pagefillers.com\/blog\/273213\/\">landscaping the front of the house<\/a>. Although planned way back in April, Chaney&#8217;s Nursery was only able to get around today to do the job. The rainy spring really put them far behind on their landscaping jobs. But today they came, they saw, they landscaped the joint!<\/p>\n<p> <lj-cut text=\"Many photos of Before, During, and After\">  <\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000tegd3\/g153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000tegd3\" alt=\"Before\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/> <strong>Before<\/strong><br \/> A before shot of the house, half an hour before the landscapers arrive.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000tfhq9\/g153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000tfhq9\" alt=\"Before - the front\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/> <strong>Before &#8211; the front<\/strong><br \/> Full frontal view (heh heh) of my house before the landscapers arrive.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000tg856\/g153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000tg856\" alt=\"They arrive!\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/> <strong>They arrive!<\/strong><br \/> And they&#8217;re off! They arrived around 8:30am and worked for a couple hours.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000th92d\/g153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000th92d\" alt=\"Tilling\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/> <strong>Tilling<\/strong><br \/> Tilling my dry soil in anticipation of planting!<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000tkz3h\/g153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000tkz3h\" alt=\"Hard at Work\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/> <strong>Hard at Work<\/strong><br \/> I returned from a short walk around town to find them all still hard at work.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000tpb1b\/g153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000tpb1b\/s640x480\" alt=\"Prepping the soil\" height=\"480\" width=\"360\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/> <strong>Prepping the soil<\/strong><br \/> Before they can place the plants, the soil has to be just right&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000tq65w\/g153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000tq65w\" alt=\"Holes!\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/> <strong>Holes!<\/strong><br \/> Holes are dug &#038; the plants are stuffed into the holes.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000tr341\/g153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000tr341\" alt=\"Waiting for holes\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/> <strong>Waiting for holes<\/strong><br \/> The other side awaits planting too.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000tspcx\/g153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000tspcx\/s640x480\" alt=\"Maple tree\" height=\"480\" width=\"360\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/> <strong>Maple tree<\/strong><br \/> My new maple tree. Will really get to &#8220;shine&#8221; when the old Bradford pear is removed.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000tt619\/g153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000tt619\/s640x480\" alt=\"Mulch\" height=\"480\" width=\"360\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/> <strong>Mulch<\/strong><br \/> Smells nasty, but always looks nice. Let&#8217;s hear it for (hopefully termite-free) mulch!<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000tw3xy\/g153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000tw3xy\" alt=\"Finito - with stones!\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/> <strong>Finito &#8211; with stones!<\/strong><br \/> The finished look on this side of the house.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000tx8yb\/g153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000tx8yb\" alt=\"Finito 2 (this time it&#39;s personal!)\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/> <strong>Finito 2 (this time it&#8217;s personal!)<\/strong><br \/> The finished look of the other side of the house.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000ty9x6\/g153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/trinalin\/pic\/000ty9x6\" alt=\"Finito 3D (except it&#39;s not in 3D)\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/> <strong>Finito 3D (except it&#8217;s not in 3D)<\/strong><br \/> And the full frontal (*snicker*) shot of the house, complete. 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