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Thursday, March 6, 2014

Landscape symbols shorthand for plant and design

Any successful orchard is the scene of a plane. It also important for you to have a plan of your proposed orchard on paper before starting work, since for carpenters, plumbers and electricians, a project intending to build a house that is. Since few of us ever touch with a Landscape plan to be in our daily lives, we may be in the methods of technology, information production and use of important discussionsone.

A Landscape plan does not require any waiting artistry. All you need is the right tool for measuring and drawing, and mathematical intelligence uniformly reduce the size of various items at a fraction of their size.

Drawing instruments

The instrument needed to make a good plan background includes: drawing table (or flat panel), T-square, two triangles (grades 45 and 60), protractor, compass, tape measure, scale (or ruler), pencil, rubber, tape and traceabilityPaper.

Symbols Landscaping

symbols are used in the production of Landscape plans Landscape design. They are easy to learn, understand and interpret. If you are developing between the data used by many Landscape books. Get to know well, well with this scene of shorthand and you will find that the understanding and production of plans of Landscape design is not difficult.

A few minutes of practice (call it "doodling"), you get to the point where this design stage designis easy and fun. The next step is to learn to find a simple plan a conspiracy existing buildings, walks, driveways, trees, rocks, gorges, hills, fences, etc. that could be seen.

Field Notes

This task can be divided into two parts or stages. The first is to take field notes in the form of sketches and real sizes and descriptions. The second step is the transfer of field notes toDrawing paper in the correct scale and the right balance between them. What you get is comparable to a well-marked image taken directly from the site. You must plan view, before the whole scene develop the property to start working.

In the Notes field is much easier when you have a copy of the house models are available. This should be one of the first things you safely from your architect or builder that the house will be sold. When upgrading from a previous purchaseOwner to ask if he has plans, for it was to come, as the home of your property and you can have a pool house plants pictures you put in your plants.

They are still the best, if you are unsure also marks a statutory plan assets with the location of the house, by the surveyor. Always try to get a plan will save you many hours of work on site. If not available, the following policy as a way to cut demandMinimum. E success, the whole of a number of years of practical experience.

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Fruit City and the Joys of Foraging


Why settle for fruit grown in Brazil or Chile when you can walk down the block and pick your own ripe darling?  Recently, Ive stumbled onto a couple of delightful websites dedicated to mapping or networking all of the fruit grown in cities.  These sites focus on fruit grown in public spaces, or on private lots where the owners dont want the excess fruit.  My favorite is Fruit City (http://www.fruitcity.co.uk/).  Fruit City provides a "living and growing map" of all the fruit tree and vines in public spaces in London. The site has an interactive map that provides directions to the closest apple, pear, or even hardy kiwi growing in Londons public spaces.  If you discover a new foragable jewel, then users can update the map themselves.

Another site, City Fruit (http://cityfruit.org/) is a developing non-profit that works with Seattle neighborhoods to help residential tree owners grow and harvest fruit and share what they dont need. Since July 2009, City Fruit has harvested over 4800 pounds of pears, plums, apples, and grapes from 50 home and donated them to food banks, senior housing, and daycare centers.  The video below is one of their advertisements.


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Of course, as an amateur forager myself, the thought of mapping and alerting the rest of the world to my treasured hotspots spoils some of the joy of discovering these trees in the first place.  Its bad enough to compete with the jays and starlings for the pound of two of delicious serviceberries I harvest every June.  Now I have to share with a bunch of foraging newbies?  Whats worse, Fruit City even suggests foraging paraphernalia like the fruit collecting basket-back, a brilliant yet ridiculous contraption that provides consumer apparel for urban foragers. 

In my less stingy moments, I realize that theres probably enough for everyone.  I truly think more people should engage with the primal joys of discovering, harvesting, and eating wild foods.  Even my friends who are totally disinterested in nature ask a dozen questions when they see me swipe a handful of obscure berries from a tree and pop them in my mouth.  Their interest signals more than mere curiosity; it is an expression of a deeper desire, a primal urge to engage in the worlds oldest occupation. 

For most of human history, we have relied on wild foods to feed us.  Of course, its not practical for us to rely solely on wild foods; however, the act of foraging reminds us that we are not fed by the supermarket.  Foraging connects us to the sun, the soil, and the seasons. When we forage, we no longer just observe nature--as one might in a National Park--but we participate in the event of nature.  To forage is to return to our first role as ecological beings, and understand our connection with the splendid mosaic of life. 

So if youre a homeowner, plant a fruiting tree or vine.  If youre a designer or landscape architect, consider adding fruiting trees, shrubs, and vines to public spaces.  Nothing grounds you in the cycles of nature like harvesting your own food.  It is the single most human engagment I know.

SNEAK PEAK: In the next upcoming blog, I feature a foragable fruit and gorgeous native plant whose fruit has the single highest antioxidant levels of any measured plant to date.  It is actually been shown to inhibit weight gain.  Stop by the site later this week to find out.
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