Posted on August 20, 2014
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Now everyone go plant native plants!
Posted on July 24, 2014
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Watch our rain chain during a power storm we had! The rain chain leads into a rain drain. It is about a 4’x4′ square edged with pavers. The inside was dug out about 6″ deep and filled with gravel. The spot where the chain… Continue Reading “Rain Chain During Storm”
Category: UncategorizedTags: Design, drainage, Flow, French Drain, garden, gravel, kentucky, lexington, Rain, rain chain, Rain Garden, storm, water
Posted on June 30, 2014
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We finally received our Monarch Waystation sign along with a few others. It is now being displayed in the front yard. We really hope this will explain to people why this garden is here. Actually as I was putting the sign up, a lady asked… Continue Reading “Arrival on Monarch Waystation Sign!”
Category: UncategorizedTags: backyard, bluegrass, certification, garden, kentucky, lexington, monarch watch, Monarch Waystation, national wildlife federation, native plant, north american butterfly association, Sign, Wildlife
Posted on May 13, 2014
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This weekend we finished building our rain gardens! We began the design work and research for this project last August. While researching on how to create rain gardens, a lot of information we found online was very basic. We realized there would be some… Continue Reading “Calculate Roof Surface Area & Rain Runoff for A Rain Garden”
Category: UncategorizedTags: 100 year flood, amount of water, calculate rain garden area, calculate roof pitch, Design, drainage, environmental, flooding, gallons of water, gardener, impervious surface, kentucky, Landscape Design, lexington, Rain Garden, rainfall, roof, roof area, roof slope, services, size of rain garden, storm, water
Posted on April 28, 2014
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I found The Minimalists around January of 2012 when I wanted to go through a major purge of things around my home, and also some stuff on the inside. It seemed a lot of the stuff on the outside, clutter, chaos, was correlating with… Continue Reading “The Minimalists’ Book Tour: Louisville, KY”
Category: AdventuresTags: blog, book, carmichael's, Declutter, Essay, everything that remains, joshua millburn, kentucky, live simple, Louisville, meaningful life, Memior, Minimalism, ryan nicodemus, signing, the minimalists, theminimalists.com, Tour