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Mar 13, 2011 8:57 PM CST
Name: Steve
Prescott, AZ (Zone 7b)
Irises Lilies Roses Region: Southwest Gardening
It's a good guess. I tip my hat to you. But actually, my wife is the person with the mind best suited to serious, productive things. So my niche in the family is the trivial and mundane. DW prefers not to be distracted by the details of the improvements, but I sometimes need to involve her to bring her along ...

Looks like the next improvement might be an indoor pool and an elevator. Even though it's a two-story house you have to climb three flights of stairs (the ceiling of the garage is 18 ft high) to carry giant boxes of Costco stuff from the garage to the kitchen. Not fun. Also, while the view of the garden is grand, it's difficult to feel connected to it. So we'll put in a patio at garage/pool level so we can live closer to the garden. Or more like a terrace. It's another six feet down to the upper terrace of the garden.

And all walls over 2 ft tall (that's right, 24 inches) must be engineered! I guess the structural engineers here have to get paid to do something now that the building trade is dead.

You can be thankful for gentle grades.
When you dance with nature, try not to step on her toes.

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