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Landscape Design With a New Fence

Bob discusses landscaping with Joanne Smallwood, landscape architect. A new wooden fence is also installed.
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Landscape Design With a New Fence

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" The guiding idea was to keep it with a Florida feel right."

" So tell me a little bit about the picket fences this Florida touch and -- that -- brought out from the side of the building and so they architecture is extended into the side to get something done a lot of years ago in me and we didn't you also. Now did you design the fence itself yes we did love only one run out you can spend it. On this -- The horizontal siding we brought in detail out repeat itself and that."

" Sure they're stuck with Chris the carpenter is putting it -- I Chris and Bob -- it it's a nice job you're doing here tell me a little bit about how you're building it. Well the pretty simple design. We put the poor black boards in the ground we up. Put all our real easily outside -- the -- through Brecht put up the world's top. That we came down without -- to the ridiculous unilateral across right these days and then building market that we did the government -- and then we started putting the -- himself on the base yeah. Everyone from -- to a your blood through to make it -- like -- in and out kind of deal undulating finger (%expletive) now yet and which I do as we try to keep this low point which is the peek at this Wal-Mart board and a straight level -- all across the whole sense death. Then the long point of the two by to pick it we'll keep with a shoulder SL. That's also universally applicable to actually be clenched at the height variation of the whole front of western views and here it is I don't always use an we'll gaze track. That's the -- tourist height difference and also. As for the fence yeah so gauged that makes it go up for its -- what kind of what is it western red cedar."

" They'll be around for a long time through well next good video and you've managed to salvage a lot of the vegetation that was here them."

" And I'll -- say something wonderful bargains on an example moms these able bombs were on the property yes things on the property and so is this up -- Bob."

" But then you brought in some new plants."

" Yes we -- the federal -- there Bob to tie with significant thing in the ponds and you can sanding weaving in and out. As a tapestry we're. With the fence and -- plants."

" I got to -- is such an impressive. Twenty foot tall tree."

" What's it cost us to Poland in some link to bring in an implant that was got a hundred if you want to cut -- 150 dollars is almost a -- it's -- it for so little money. What a mess we got here this is really quite quite let's swap. We're not used to this sudden normal four days of rainfall attic if you can say. We all the stuff -- irrigation system because we're underwater. Just a few hours ago yes the men were putting in the sprinkler system got rained out three days ago."

" The sod farms stopped cutting two days ago so today we don't have any sought to look at yeah right exactly so this is going to -- that wonderful."

" Science thing what's the nature of this soil I mean it is such."

" Lucky stuff that just you know those right -- fingers. And."

" This doesn't drain very -- are part of all Naples and question -- at a -- up Wimbledon. All of that you'll read right and -- and the water table is hot evening."

" so we're putting in some specimen plantings over here and you know what I like is that the use of just."

" We can't spray paint to create your outline of the of the wood is planning the planning design lets -- spray paint the Lincoln lay out the plan. And I heard your. Deadlines are very important just as they handle it and then on his -- what do you call these little blue. -- the -- flight one bag pellets many of Florida are very old plant that's been around for a long time historically it has -- it is well."

" What are these here."

" They sending out regular plus. Which is all very adorable -- plant has now. Why these shallow and each flower OK so that we will have a lot of lush stuff going right up to the fence that's right yeah. Is a very important element in the design and Bob this is -- listener -- And my music has to -- taller and it's gonna be the link that connects the hardness one of the building. What the soft light of the planning and could you repeat the hard line via fans not -- they've dug a hole that it's below water. Right this is -- I didn't -- high water table below ground level. And and it became vacant plant in and it's we're gonna we're gonna have to hold off the planning here because -- water because -- blank range."

" Yes if you put the bridge to drown the plant to begin with bracket requires oxygen like people. Right normally do you dig a hole like we do back in New England twice the size of the revolved."

" When that -- slightly larger than group all the that we don't a lot of amendments like an end up north. Peace process now you know if you don't -- went Parcells -- adapt to its original just liberalized."

" Then of course we saved this wonderful row upon those fight planted when the house was new and our carpenter has built new steps but then this is part of your design here."

" They this is the case don't paper that we're using throughout. And as actually assimilated ever. From the vaginal up keystone Clinton's. Years ago now it's. Almost nonexistent -- costly unity is the quarry keystone wet and it's basically a kind of a quarrel product right right. And me -- that election. Husband prince of the actual world. -- looks like the real thing -- Is that president changes. You've got a little bit slightly. Welded. It can't keep clean reluctant probably has yet but it is an inmate is a little and it's natural how to install. How he's using why aren't commanded them that he's beginning to come I think -- just behind -- yeah. And you can even -- secured along."

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