[caption id="attachment_594" align="alignleft" width="300"] SPU's booth at Sustainable Ballard street fair. September, 2013[/caption] At Last Sunday's sustainable living fair, Nancy and I took turns volunteering to advocate for the Seattle Public Utility's storm water remediation program, the one that provides incentives to area homeowners to install...
"Hi Nancy and Dave, We've already had many compliments and favorable comments from our neighbors. My husband Dave was so impressed not only with how it looks, but your attention to detail-- from making such a nice join with the back wall, to the sod in the...
[caption id="attachment_582" align="alignleft" width="300"] A pair of Nancys[/caption] Last night we celebrated yet another Nancy's birthday at a Seattle restaurant, this time it was our own Nancy who was the lady of honor! Our friends Nancy and James treated us to a fun multi-dish extravaganza at...
[caption id="attachment_558" align="alignleft" width="225"] BEFORE[/caption] This past week the Fasoldt Gardens crew and I installed a rock retaining wall that replaced a turn of the 20th century concrete wall that had developed an impressive lean toward the neighbors property. The first step was to remove a small...
Just the other week we were toiling away under extreme-for-us heat. It may have been in the mid-eighties for several days this past month, but us northwesteners sure do wither in the heat of the August sun. Much to our relief the "rain"...