Comments on: The Front Garden in Spring: Before and After http://inthegardenonline.com/main/2009/05/the-front-garden-in-spring-before-and-after/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:34:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Colleen Vanderlinden http://inthegardenonline.com/main/2009/05/the-front-garden-in-spring-before-and-after/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Colleen Vanderlinden Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:48:41 +0000 http://inthegardenonline.com/main/?p=866#comment-366 I'm in a suburb of Detroit. Ordinance changes don't happen all that quickly around here, believe me :-) Thanks for visiting and commenting! I’m in a suburb of Detroit. Ordinance changes don’t happen all that quickly around here, believe me :-)

Thanks for visiting and commenting!

]]> By: Colleen Vanderlinden http://inthegardenonline.com/main/2009/05/the-front-garden-in-spring-before-and-after/comment-page-1/#comment-365 Colleen Vanderlinden Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:47:57 +0000 http://inthegardenonline.com/main/?p=866#comment-365 Thanks, Anne. I see that you're totally ripping your lawn out---love it! Thanks for stopping by! Thanks, Anne. I see that you’re totally ripping your lawn out—love it!

Thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: Colleen Vanderlinden http://inthegardenonline.com/main/2009/05/the-front-garden-in-spring-before-and-after/comment-page-1/#comment-364 Colleen Vanderlinden Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:47:12 +0000 http://inthegardenonline.com/main/?p=866#comment-364 Hi Chookie! Oh, it was terrible. And spiders loved it, so when we stepped out the front door, we were constantly knocking them down out of their webs. Ick. My house was built in 1941. The stone on the front is a veneer. The sides are aluminum siding, though they used to be shingles, which were much prettier, actually--wish the former owner hadn't installed the aluminum. Our local gov't does incompetence well, too, believe me :-) Hi Chookie!

Oh, it was terrible. And spiders loved it, so when we stepped out the front door, we were constantly knocking them down out of their webs. Ick. My house was built in 1941. The stone on the front is a veneer. The sides are aluminum siding, though they used to be shingles, which were much prettier, actually–wish the former owner hadn’t installed the aluminum.

Our local gov’t does incompetence well, too, believe me :-)

]]> By: Colleen Vanderlinden http://inthegardenonline.com/main/2009/05/the-front-garden-in-spring-before-and-after/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Colleen Vanderlinden Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:44:25 +0000 http://inthegardenonline.com/main/?p=866#comment-363 Kim--Well, I'll take that compliment, since your awesome front garden was one of the ones that inspired me to start ripping my grass out :-) Believe me, I want to get rid of all of it. We'll see how much is left by the time we move in a few years! Thanks for stopping by! Kim–Well, I’ll take that compliment, since your awesome front garden was one of the ones that inspired me to start ripping my grass out :-)

Believe me, I want to get rid of all of it. We’ll see how much is left by the time we move in a few years!

Thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: Colleen Vanderlinden http://inthegardenonline.com/main/2009/05/the-front-garden-in-spring-before-and-after/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Colleen Vanderlinden Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:43:20 +0000 http://inthegardenonline.com/main/?p=866#comment-362 Thanks, Susie! Thanks, Susie!

]]> By: AIM http://inthegardenonline.com/main/2009/05/the-front-garden-in-spring-before-and-after/comment-page-1/#comment-361 AIM Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:40:15 +0000 http://inthegardenonline.com/main/?p=866#comment-361 Which city requires this? Sounds like an ordinance change is in order. Which city requires this? Sounds like an ordinance change is in order.

]]> By: Anne http://inthegardenonline.com/main/2009/05/the-front-garden-in-spring-before-and-after/comment-page-1/#comment-341 Anne Fri, 29 May 2009 15:16:24 +0000 http://inthegardenonline.com/main/?p=866#comment-341 Wow, this is looking awesome! I love your way of handling the obligatory lawn, too. Wow, this is looking awesome! I love your way of handling the obligatory lawn, too.

]]> By: Chookie http://inthegardenonline.com/main/2009/05/the-front-garden-in-spring-before-and-after/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Chookie Fri, 29 May 2009 09:05:11 +0000 http://inthegardenonline.com/main/?p=866#comment-340 Oh dear, that awning WAS wrong, wasn't it? I'm intrigued by the absence of eaves and the stone-to-wood change at the side -- when was it built? Love the daft ordinances that your local governments come up with. Ours mainly stick to incompetence. Oh dear, that awning WAS wrong, wasn’t it? I’m intrigued by the absence of eaves and the stone-to-wood change at the side — when was it built?

Love the daft ordinances that your local governments come up with. Ours mainly stick to incompetence.

]]> By: Blackswampgirl Kim http://inthegardenonline.com/main/2009/05/the-front-garden-in-spring-before-and-after/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Blackswampgirl Kim Thu, 28 May 2009 23:16:19 +0000 http://inthegardenonline.com/main/?p=866#comment-338 You definitely SHOULD be very happy with it, Colleen--it looks great! Much more interesting than just the lawn--and you're right, the house looks so much more friendly and up-to-date without that awning, too. You're a much better citizen than I am, by the way. My nod to a lawn would probably be a 3ft patch of grass about halfway between that birdbath under the tree and the edge of your front porch! *grin* You definitely SHOULD be very happy with it, Colleen–it looks great! Much more interesting than just the lawn–and you’re right, the house looks so much more friendly and up-to-date without that awning, too.

You’re a much better citizen than I am, by the way. My nod to a lawn would probably be a 3ft patch of grass about halfway between that birdbath under the tree and the edge of your front porch! *grin*

]]> By: susie http://inthegardenonline.com/main/2009/05/the-front-garden-in-spring-before-and-after/comment-page-1/#comment-337 susie Thu, 28 May 2009 17:57:58 +0000 http://inthegardenonline.com/main/?p=866#comment-337 Great improvment,looks beautiful, love the reduced lawn area, open porch & flower bed. Great improvment,looks beautiful, love the reduced lawn area, open porch & flower bed.

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