I have some ideas about essential improvements to our house to make it more livable. A garage with a place to park four bicycles is one of them. I want to begin transferring ideas in my head into tangible drawings. A method that has worked well for me is to take a picture of the area under consideration. Then, I convert the photo to a drawing on the computer. Then I use the paint function and cut out the part I want to address. I print the result and take it to my drawing board and draft in the improvement onto the drawing. Then I scan the drawing back into the file.
In order to get a good picture all obstructions and unnecessary elements in the landscape should be removed. I am thinking that I will photograph the back fence from different angles and select the angle that best suits a drawing for the proposed garage and bike park. The last time I looked out the back gate the alley area around the fence is really ugly with overgrown weeds and trash. So, a gardening clean up project is in order so that I can get some good pictures. Then it's back to the drawing board.
Urban essay: A landscape, grounds keeping photo journal of transforming a weed lot into a garden. A "How we are doing it from scratch" web log. Topics include: grounds keeping, gardening, planning, landscape construction design, materials, equipment and supplies. Tools for lawn and turf care, tools for gardening, tools for landscape construction, and tool maintenance. Sources for tools and equipment, product evaluations and price comparisons. Garden project cost accounting.
Friday, June 25, 2010
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