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January 2021: Here's a progress update on a really fun landscape project that is almost finished. We hope to be done by March 2021. We added or are working on the following: Accoya deck with LED step lighting; waterfall and stone walkway around an existing pool; a small pond; outdoor kitchen; steel walls and raised beds; and a really big hawk! The new plants need a haircut, but they will look great by May.

zero runoff works!

Rain catchment | Adams Kirkpatrick |Central Texas Gardener Keep that rainfall on your garden with tips from Sunflower Design ecological designer Adams Kirkpatrick. See how to make berms and swales and rain gardens to...

Best. Shower. Ever. = Rainwater! It's great for gardens too. Rainwater systems cost less than bringing water lines to your country home, but the ROI v. Municipal is not great...yet!
Did you know that every home and building can make its own utilities? Using both efficiency and a few key systems, we can create grid resilience by creating millions of neighborhood grids. Perhaps utilities can lease-to-own rain harvest, wind, battery and solar systems, where appropriate, instead of spending $300-$500 billion needed to repair municipal systems.

Installing LED lights is surprisingly easy. Okay, this part isn't as easy as putting the lights in the yard. LED's use very little energy to light up your yard. This system turns on when the sun goes down and turns off shortly after midnight. Other systems have lots of "bells and whistles" to light up your space. We recommend downlighting, which simply means: point all of your light fixtures toward the ground to avoid light pollution. It's an art form to downlight and to also hide bright bulbs from view.