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Sunny September Sunday

September 30, 2012by madisonsquare 1 Comment

It’s the end of September but our deck flowers are still going strong… Unlike our indoor projects which were set aside for some serious traveling and lots of weddings and […]

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Still There, Madison Square?

July 27, 2012by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Yes! We’re slowly recovering from June/ early July inspector-prep shenanigans, and preparing for a crazy fall schedule (all good things to come)- but we’re still making some non visible yet […]

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Plants: Not In The Dark This Time

June 6, 2012by madisonsquare Leave a comment

We decided to try tomatoes again this year- the idea of fresh tomatoes and free plants from my parents inspired us – but this time we’ve craftily put the planters […]

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Night Work

May 31, 2012by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Continuing with this week’s gardening theme, we planted the deck tonight. Here is the before: And the after: The plants are a combination of sedum & dusty millers that survived […]

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Celebrations!

May 22, 2012by madisonsquare 1 Comment

With working on the house ALL the time you have to make time for celebrations! So to start we barbecued on our deck this weekend to celebrate the beautiful weather. […]

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The Other Surprise

December 13, 2011by madisonsquare 2 Comments

So while working on the deck door threshold, we found another surprise… the bottom of the door is rotted out. The same handy man who did a poor job installing […]

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