My Garden November 2010

This fall I planted a lot of trees and shrubs in the backyard, really giving the garden structure. I planted a nice balance of evergreens and deciduous plants, and plants with interest in different seasons. Although mostly still small, the garden really has a foundation of structure now. It will be a slow pleasure to watch these new plants fill in and mature in the years to come. I will next focus on projects involving perennials, annuals, some hardscape features, and art. Click on the link below to see a slideshow of my garden in November 2010.

http://s282.photobucket.com/albums/kk271/greggrice/My Garden November 2010/?albumview=slideshow

Swing Structure

I just completed a small pergola which holds a hanging swing. I believe this is the hardscaping I have been hoping for since I started working on the back yard garden five years ago. It adds a focal point to the front part of the garden, adds a destination, adds good seating, and looks back on the mostly established part of the garden. Click here for a slide show of the Swing Structure.

My Garden in July 2010

A hot month without much in bloom, but I post this to show the results of much of my spring planting, particularly trees and shrubs. Also in view will be the finished pergola (sans mosaics).

Click here to view a slideshow of my garden July 2010.

My Garden in April 2010

Here are some photos of my garden in April of 2010. Many of these photos show spring bulbs that I planted the previous fall. I planted about 1000 total bulbs and perhaps because of our very cold winter they all bloomed wonderfully, and practically all simultaneously!

Click here for a slideshow of photos of my April Garden 2010

My Garden In Winter - February 13, 2010

Here is a slideshow of my garden after a rare February snowfall in Atlanta.

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Gregg’s Top Music Albums of the Decade (2000-2009)

Ok, Here are my favorite albums of the decade. My rules were to only choose one album by each artist, even though some artists put out multiple great albums. I have not ranked the albums, but simply listed them in ABC order by artist. Rather than bow to the critically acclaimed choices, I chose the albums I have enjoyed listening to the most.

A.C. Newman – The Slow Wonder
Aimee Mann – Bachelor # 2
Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
Art Brut – It’s A Bit Complicated
Avalanches – Since I Left You
Beck – Guero
Belle & Sebastian – The Life Pursuit
Bettye Lavette – I’ve Got My Own Hell To Raise
Bob Dylan – Love & Theft
Camera Obsura – Let’s Get Out Of This Country
Cat Power – You Are Free
Daft Punk – Discovery
Decemberists – Picaresque
Deltron – Deltron 3030
Destroyer – Destroyer’s Rubies
Drive By Truckers – The Dirty South
Elvis Costello – Momofuku
Fiery Furnaces – Blueberry Boat
Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine
Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Girl Talk – Nightripper
Half Man Half Biscuit – Achtung Bono
Holly Golightly – Truly She is None Other
Hot Chip – Warning
Interpol – Turn On The Bright Lights
Jens Lekman – Night Falls Over Kortedala
Joe Henry – Civilians
John Hiatt – The Tiki Bar Is Open
Johnny Cash – American III: Solitary Man
Judi Chicago – Judi Chicago
Junior Boys – Last Exit
Kanye West – College Dropout
LCD Soundsystem – Sounds of Silver
Leonard Cohen – Ten New Songs
Libertines – Up The Bracket
Lily Allen – Alright, Still
Los Campesinos! – Hold On Now, Youngster
Los Straightjackets – Rock en Espanol
Lucinda Williams – World Without Tears
M.I.A. – Galang
McCluskey - McCluskey Do Dallas
Messer Fur Frau Muller – Second Hand Dreams
Metric – Live it out
Missy Eliot – Under Construction
Modest Mouse – The Moon and Antarctica
Morrissey – You Are The Quarry
New Pornographers – Electric Version
Nic Armstrong & The Thieves – The Greatest White Liar
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig
North Mississippi All-Stars – Electric Blue Watermelon
Of Montreal – The Sunlandic Twins
OK Go – OK Go
Okkervil River – The Stand-Ins
Olu Dara – In The World From Natchez To New York
Paolo Nutini – These Streets
Patti Smith – Trampin’
Patty Griffin – 1000 Kisses
Peter Bjorn And John – Writer’s Block
Portishead – Third
Prototypes – Prototypes
Radiohead – Kid A
Regina Spektor – Begin To Hope
Richard Hawley – Lowedges
Robert Wyatt – Comicopera
Ron Sexsmith and Don Kerr – Destination Unknown
Rufus Wainwright – Poses
Ry Cooder – My Name Is Buddy
She & Him – Volume One
Silver Jews – Tanglewood Numbers
Social Distortion – Sex, Love And Rock ‘n’ Roll
Songs Ohia: Didn’t It Rain
Sparklehorse – Dreamt For Light Years In the Belly of a Mountain
Steely Dan – Everything Must Go
Tanya Stephens – Rebelution
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – The Tyranny of Distance
The Black Keys – Rubber Factory
The Hold Steady – Separation Sunday
The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come For Free
The Strokes – This Is It
The Walkmen – Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone
They Might Be Giants – No!
TV On The Radio – Return To Cookie Mountain
Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
White Stripes – White Blood Cells
Wilco – Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Yeah Yeah Yeahs (EP 2001)
Zak Rice – 9 Songs