Little Chicago Bungalow» Landscaping – Little Chicago Bungalow

Still Digging the Earth up.

Nikko — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:02:32 +0000

Removing 12-16″ deep of our Midwest clay in preparation for garden beds. Above are my tools: pitchfork, big shovel, little shovel and flat head shovel. Step back a little.

Standing in the hole… …next to a Tulip in bondage.

1/3rd of the planter bed filled with a compost soil mixture:

1 bag manure + 1 wheel barrel of rich soil

I am 2/3rds done digging out this bed. Tomorrow the waterproofing contractor will be here working on our basement. We’ll be working around each other in the back.

Gardening Mania.

Nikko — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:14:04 +0000

I can’t stop. It’s all I think about. I wake up on weekends at 6am and work until the afternoon.

I’d write more, but I am exhausted and images speak loader than words in this case.

More images right here.

Boulder Hunting

Nikko — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:16:03 +0000

I grew up from age 6 to 18 in a small town called Riverwoods which is made up of an enchanted forest – a get away from the suburbia that surrounds it.

Yesterday Adam and I went to gather boulders from my parent’s and neighbor’s (we got permission) property – to bring a little bit of my childhood back to Chicago.

More photos here.