Our patio goes away
Posted on July 26, 2007
Filed Under All, Photos, Dotcom Garden |
Linda decided that she has had it with our patio: it has served us well these last 17 years IMHO, a big outdoor room where we have meals in summer and linger over Sunday morning breakfasts. So, in her typical type A way, she quickly found a landscape designer, Danna Breen, who whipped up what I think is a very nice design of circular beds and stone mated with brick and a strip of lawn (according to Sunset, circular beds are ‘in’ this year).
Rather than contract the whole thing out to a landscaper, Linda then took the plan to our gardener Felipé for a quote. This worked well about 5 years ago when we needed to re-do our front and side yards, except that I was the ‘designer’ last time around. Felipé was very reasonable: we probably would have spent well more than double with a contractor.
Five years ago, our lawn was rootbound from city trees that border most lots hereabout, that I thought Felipé would bring in a Bobcat or other machinery. Nope. Felipé brought a guy, maybe 19 or 20 years old with an axe, a hoe, a pick and an iron bar. He labored hard throughout the day, breaking only for lunch, and in 2 days had pretty much dug out the old yard.
Indeed, he worked so hard that half a dozen neighbors came to the door and asked for Felipé’s contact info. Anyway, the patio is getting the same treatment - no machine, just 2 young men with sledge hammers and Felipé wielding wheelbarrows to load his truck with the debris. Boy, do these guys earn their money… we’re also going to re-do dotcom garden after the new patio goes in…
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