With the onset of spring, and our recent beautiful weather, we have been able to enjoy one of our favorite aspects of the house: Dinners on our ecoroof. We have a small area of pavers sitting amongst ferns, strawberries and camas with a little round table and a lovely view of the neighborhood, downtown, and the sunset. Just about the best way possible to enjoy a warm spring evening.
Despite the cool rainy weather, our ecoroofs are telling us that summer may in fact be here. Read the rest of this entry »
This time last year, there were portions of our yard that were either completely barren or choked with weeds, and as we get everything into shape we are developing strategies for keeping everything from getting out of control. Read the rest of this entry »
Western Red Columbine in our front has begun to bloom. Read the rest of this entry »
With another weekend came a new pile of garden prep and tree planting. Read the rest of this entry »
In the last few days, despit being mired in cold and soggy January, there have been some nice little signs that spring is on the way… Flowers are starting to come up and green buds are starting to develop on our hazelnuts. Read the rest of this entry »
This morning we had our second blower door test done… Its not normal to have to get a second test done, but our house doesn’t fit very neatly into the LEED so after being granted a series of appeals, we are getting new performance tests. Read the rest of this entry »
We were able to take advantage of the great weather this weekend to finally paint our window frames and on Monday our contractor had a couple guys come out to paint the windows that require being up on a tall ladder. Read the rest of this entry »
It was a busy weekend, and there is some chaos happening at the house… Most of it isn’t caused by us. Somehow we managed to decide to build a house at the same time and in the same neighborhood as most of the city’s big infrastructure projects. Read the rest of this entry »
