Today I did a mulch job using Cedar Shredded Mulch. I usually use a hardwood mulch, but this is what the customer had before. To find out this is actually excellent for steep grades, where washout is common. It has a mixture of cedar bark and cedar chips mixed with a stringy hair like shreds. The hair like strands is what weaves it all together to help hold it on the steep hills. I’m not a cedar mulch fan, but it looks like an excellent alternative in places where your mulch gets washed out. From a little distance it looked like normal hardwood mulch. Working with it, it reminded me of my grandparents old poodle with matted hair, but hey if it stays in the landscaped area, I’m for it. Also it was a little more expensive than typical hardwood mulch. O yeah, it is still a little to early to mulch in Missouri (1/3 of the bags had frozen mulch that we had to chip apart).
Cedar Shredded Mulch
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Chicken Coop
Then we decorated it with antique junk.
When we sold our house, our realtor liked it so much that he wanted one too. He wanted a saloon. Real barn wood was used for the siding on the front and right side.
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Remove Unwanted Walls
Some half walls was removed here (I wish I had a before picture. I always forget to take a picture). The header above already went from wall to wall, so there was no structural work done here. In houses they went through a time period when they would do alot of half walls with spindles. Going into the kitchen is that same theme, just the spindles were removed.
I knocked out the half wall, moved an electrical outlet, and redirected the vent into the floor. Minimal sheet rock work was done. Retrimmed the walls, and the homeowners painted it.
There was a little hardwood floor work that had to be done. A friend of mine pieced in the floor, stained it, and sealed it. Look at that shine!
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Botanical Gardens
I am fighting a cold and it is freezing here in Missouri, so I was just in the mood for spring. So here are some random photos that I took from the Arboretum and botanical gardens in Overland Park, Kansas in early October. 
A butterfly on some knock out roses.
A Cardinal in hiding.
I think this is an Ornamental pepper ‘Black Pearl.’????
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Exciting Entry
I used the existing edging and design that was already there. It was full of mostly perennials and ground covers.
Under the window on the right are some magic berry hollies. In the middle is a maiden fountain grass with wild looking flowers around it.
This picture is from the front step. The landscape was so deep that it felt crowded on the sidewalk, so these stepping stones were added (going no where) to make it feel like there were other options besides going down the steps. It gave a nice illusion, plus your eye is drawn to the decorative tree. Those are boxwoods on the left of the steps and on the right are lilies.
The two bushes in front of the window were already there (I think they are witch hazel bushes). The far left is a variegated dogwood.
The little tree is a lilac bush that was trained to grow like a tree. Under it are three sedge plants. The pink flower is a hydrangea bush. The green bush is a sea green juniper.
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