by Robert Fortunato on April 22nd, 2011 No Comments »
Eric Michael Stitt very kindly marked our first big milestone: Owners save 97.5 percent of razed home
Posts Tagged ‘Landscape’
Happy Earth Day! Beach Reporter Prints Article on GIH Progress
by Robert Fortunato on April 22nd, 2011 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on April 22nd, 2011 No Comments »
Foundational Problems
by Robert Fortunato on April 18th, 2011 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on April 18th, 2011 No Comments »
Wanting to save as much of the existing building as possible, we wrestled with skinning the stucco off the building; but in the end we are glad we did. In 1959 the original builders poured the foundations too low. Therefore the stucco was wicking moisture into the mudsills and rim
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got dirt?
by Robert Fortunato on March 29th, 2011 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on March 29th, 2011 No Comments »
In the spirit of recycling, we have about 15 cubic yards of FREE clean sandy soil available. Come and take as much or as little as you need. Easily accessible with a bobcat or just shovel it in to your truck.
Just let us know when you are coming so
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The Stone Age Ends When You Run Out of Stones
by Robert Fortunato on January 10th, 2011 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on January 10th, 2011 No Comments »
Our friend Ewen, from Scotland, wanted to know if we were going to pack up our “tree” (see Christmas Rocks! post), put it in the attic and pull it out again next year. We had other plans for it…
Our High Water post explained why we want to keep the storm
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Christmas Rocks!
by Robert Fortunato on December 24th, 2010 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on December 24th, 2010 No Comments »
The rubble in our front yard gave us a opportunity to build something while waiting for our building permits. In the spirit of the holidays it is titled “Love, Joy and Peace(s)”
Seasons Greetings to everyone and all the best in the New Year!
High Water Mark Achieved in Record Setting Rain
by Robert Fortunato on December 24th, 2010 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on December 24th, 2010 No Comments »
We all know fresh water is a precious commodity in So. California. Hearing what the TreePeople are doing to harvest rainwater and manage the overflow on site to replenish the aquifer sounds like a good idea. This benefits the ocean water quality by keeping that storm from running into the
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Recycled Christmas Tree Cycles Back
by Robert Fortunato on December 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on December 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
Our son Carter is very happy to see his old friend from last year (see photo), thanks to Scotty Claus and his elves at The Living Christmas Company. This is an amazing group that helps cut carbon – not trees. Their innovative business makes it easy to support a forest.
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GIH Overcomes Concrete Thinking
by Robert Fortunato on November 9th, 2010 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on November 9th, 2010 No Comments »
We are tackling the site work on our project while we wait for our plan set revisions from the city to go back through our engineers and draftsman. The site work includes undergrounding the utilities. By code we have to underground the electrical, cable and phone to
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Greywater gets Clearer
by Robert Fortunato on October 21st, 2010 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on October 21st, 2010 No Comments »
Last week we hosted a meeting with Leigh Jerrard from Greywater Corps who is doing innovative, yet simple and affordable things in the water conservation arena. Leigh led six of us through a very informative dialogue on making the reuse of laundry and shower water for irrigation easy, practical and
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Digging in to the Project
by Robert Fortunato on October 14th, 2010 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on October 14th, 2010 No Comments »
Over the past year, many friends and neighbors like Patrick Moore and Jim Catella of the Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden adopted the plants and large stones from our yard. As a result we managed to divert tons of material from the landfill. Thank you!
But we still had a
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