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Choosing A Pergola

June 6, 2013 Written by Robert Robillard Leave a Comment
Choosing A Pergola

Complete The Backyard Experience With A Pergola Whether its for bringing friends together for a cookout, or creating a sanctuary for relaxing with a loved one, the architectural pergola truly creates the perfect backyard look. The pergola provides a central gathering place for parties and events, and it’s an elegant addition to any pool, fire pit, or outdoor kitchen. A pergola creates a stylish, sophisticated extension of the home and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gardening, Landscape, Landscaping, Trellis

How To Build A Hidden Water Fountain

June 1, 2013 Written by Robert Robillard Leave a Comment
How To Build A Hidden Water Fountain

Build A Hidden Water Feature Statues, vases, disappearing fountains and rock fountains are becoming popular backyard focal points. Just go to any garden shop and you’ll see dozens of options for Koi ponds, waterfalls and basin fountains. Installing a disappearing or hidden-basin water fountain doesn’t take up as much space as a waterfall or Koi pond but still gives you the sound of bubbling water and a great looking focal point for your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Featured Article, Custom water fountain, Exterior Landscape, Gardening, Irrigation pipe repair, Landscape Construction, Landscaping, Water Features

How To Build A Disappearing Water Fountain

May 17, 2013 Written by Robert Robillard Leave a Comment
Disappearing Water Fountain

Building a Disappearing Fountain Basin With A Glazed Pot Part 1 of 2 A great friend of ours bought my wife and I a beautiful blue, glazed pot for our wedding anniversary. The blue glaze matches the blue tiles surrounding our pool. My wife has wanted a water feature by the pool for awhile now and asked me to make this glazed pot into a water fountain. Part of my honey-dew list this weekend was to start building the water feature, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Featured Article, Custom water fountain, Exterior Landscape, Gardening, Landscape, Landscape Construction, Landscaping, Water Features

Building Near Wetlands

December 26, 2012 Written by Robert Robillard 1 Comment
building near wetlands

Wetlands and Permitting: Building near wetlands is often prohibited.   "Wetlands " usually refers to an area of land that is saturated with water either permanently or seasonally.  What distinguished a wetland is the it's aquatic plants and hydric soils. Wetlands are important to people, fish and wildlife by protecting and improving water quality, providing fish and wildlife habitats, storing flood-waters, and maintaining surface water … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gardening, Landscape, Landscape Construction

Treatment for the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

October 7, 2012 Written by Robert Robillard 3 Comments
Treatment for the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

How To Treat And Prevent Hemlock Damage By The Woolly Adelgid If you have Hemlocks you probably have a woolly adelgid (HWA) infestation and may not know it. Treatment for the Hemlock Woolly Adelgida varies widely depending upon the size and number of trees to be treated. 
If left untreated, branches infected by woolly adelgids die. What is Woolly Adelgid? Hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) is a fluid feeding insect that was brought into the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gardening, Landscape, Trees

Decorating With Flowers

September 3, 2012 Written by Robert Robillard 2 Comments
Decorating with Flowers

Decorate your Home With Flowers From Your Own Garden Carpenters don't really care about decorating with flowers. As a carpenter my thoughts and plans often revolve around details and ideas that make a house more aesthetically pleasing, historically correct or just plain functional.  Things like crown molding, built in cabinetry, wainscoting, columns and accent lighting often come to mind. The reality is that after I leave it's up to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Gardening, Landscape

Creating an Outdoor Living Space

July 6, 2012 Written by Robert Robillard 5 Comments
creating an outdoor space

Planning An Outdoor Living Space: When entertaining the favorite hangout in my home always seemed to be the kitchen. There seems to be a magnetic pull to the kitchen, especially when my wife is in there entertaining the crowd with her culinary skills and great sense of humor.  A sense of humor, I might add, sometimes at my expense!! Summertime however is a different story, the polarity switches and the hangout becomes my screened in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Custom water fountain, Design / Architecture, Exterior Landscape, Landscaping, Rope lighting, Stone Walls, Trellis, Water Features

Removing A Post From Ground

June 4, 2012 Written by Robert Robillard Leave a Comment
Removing A Post From Ground

How To Remove A fence Post or Other Post From the Ground Dear Concord Carpenter, What would be the best way to remove a fence post?  I'm replacing sections of my stockade fence and am having difficulty removing the post from the ground. Thanks Mike L Dear Mike, The quickest way I've seen is to use a bobcat or heavy equipment machine and a chin to lift the post out of the ground.  This works well with posts that have concrete … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Landscape Construction, Solving Problems