skip to main content

Home on the Range

12 years ago

Picea pungens seedling

{{gwi:703136}}

Picea pungens fastigiate-seedling

{{gwi:703138}}

Abies x phanerolepis

{{gwi:703141}}

Abies nordmanniana

{{gwi:703143}}

Abies nordmanniana

{{gwi:703144}}

Picea abies 'Elegantissima'

{{gwi:703146}}

Picea abies 'Aurea Jakobsen'

{{gwi:703147}}

Pinus flexilis 'Extra Blue'

{{gwi:703148}}

Picea orientalis

{{gwi:703149}}

Pica orientalis

{{gwi:703150}}

Pinus parviflora 'Yatsubusa'

{{gwi:703151}}

Picea engelmannii 'Compact'

{{gwi:703152}}

Home Sweet Home

{{gwi:703154}}

Azalea 'Rosy Lights'

{{gwi:703157}}

Pinus parviflora 'Yatsubusa'

{{gwi:703151}}

Aesculus turbinata var. pubescens

{{gwi:703160}}

Aesculus turbinata var. pubescens

{{gwi:703162}}

Aesculus turbinata var. pubescens

{{gwi:703164}}

One albino Chinese horsechestnut & one variegated.

Dax

Sort by:Oldest

Comments (7)

taxo_man
12 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Love the new growth on all of them. Very nice!!!

J
sluice
12 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Looks fantastic! The Picea engelmannii 'Compact' is choice!
Related Discussions
Buying home, lower cost or more expensive house.
Q
Comments (14)
It does make sense to get what you want but I do believe you can find a house in the lower price range that you would be very happy with. I don't think you have to compromise and buy a house you absolutely hate! Look for a house in a cul de sac. You get more privacy and more land (most of the time). Look for a house in an older subdivision. It's going to take a lot of getting out there and looking! Sure, you can make an extra payment or send a little extra in each month, but in reality, how many people who say they are going to send in that extra money ACTUALLY do it? Have you thought about how expensive child care is for the future little one(s)? Consider the "what ifs" like if your child was sick a lot and your wife had to give up her job to take care of your child? The big question to ask yourself is can you make the house payment, car payments and all the other bills just on your salary?? Don't most moms like to stay out of work with a newborn for at least six months or longer? If it's imperative that you MUST have two incomes EVERY month, then I would go with the lower mortgage. If you have everything tied up in a higher house payment, it's less vacations you can enjoy, less cruises! Don't forget to figure in $400-$500 a month for child care. Don't stretch your budget so much that you would be living/working only to pay the bills with no freedom to enjoy the important things like a cruise to Alaska! I guess I just think of all the foreclosures that are in the millions, and I wouldn't want this to happen to you.
...See More
integrated range versus range/cook top plus wall ovens
Q
Comments (6)
We have an old house that has many of the original details, such as wood wainscotting, original hardwood floors and deep baseboards. Our kitchen reno is underway and our goal has been to create a "modern" kitchen from a fuctionality POV, without sacrificing period charm. We're going with the Blue Star cooktop and the Turbo Chef wall ovens. Like Cheril, we will also have induction (a two hob unit). I like the idea of separating out the ovens from the range, esp with two of us cooking in the kitchen. The countertops next to the ovens, as well as the island behind, will be perfect landing spots for hot oven dishes, without compromising the space that a second cook will use around the cooktop. The Turbo Chef wall ovens are appealing to me because they're high tech, but still have a retro feel. I'm also very excited by the fact that the top oven door is now available in a range of 200 colours; we plan to choose a "heritage" shade that will work very well with our cabinetry and soapstone counters. We're picking the colour this weekend. The kitchen will be in shades of buttermilk and green, and will be complemented by an antique hutch for an unfitted look. HTH - Eliz
...See More
Help going crazy - can't afford to buy in the neighborhood we already.
Q
Comments (40)
Thank you for the suggestions. To answer the questions asked - we wouldn't need any additional cars as we already have two. Anywhere we move would still be within public transportation distance of the city as that is important to me. However it would be longer and probably on a commuter train with less frequency rather than a bus as I have now. About the slightly smaller home - any homes that are around even the ones that are smaller than ours are atleast $500k more so I am in the same place where I wonder what the value is in moving (which was my original question) The architect I had mentioned came by today and had some great suggestions that we could use to make the area we already have way more functional for us as a family. I am thinking about doing those changes (which she said would cost about ($30K) which involve breaking down a wall and adding a couple more windows and one additional door. The windows and door would require condo approval but everything else should be relatively easy to do! She did mention that it would be difficult to add another bedroom to the upstairs as there is value in keeping that big room as it is for now without dividing it up!
...See More
Am I unreasonable to be turned off by a house with an island range?
Q
Comments (41)
I moved into a house with that set up. I tried to keep an open mind, but when we started smelling cooking smells in our winter coats, I insisted we install a vent over the cooktop. It made all the difference in how the house smelled. It was a vent-a-hood and had a catch tray to clean out the grease that was sucked up, and it caught a lot in there, very fast! To think that was all airborne before, ugh. We don't deep fry either, but just from stir frying, braising, etc. I wouldn't walk away from a house I loved, but I would calculate the cost of adding a vent hood into the cost of the house.
...See More
coniferjoy
12 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Dax, I'm very curious how your fastigiate Picea pungens will develop.

I think you've to stake your Picea abies 'Aurea Jakobsen', it doesn't show a leader at this moment.
Cut back some of it's upper side branches so there's only one leader left.

It's Picea engelmannii 'Compacta' instead of 'Compact'...
gardener365
Original Author
12 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Hi Edwin,

I'm working on the 'Aurea Jakobsen'. It suffered a lot of needle loss over a long period of time and I will get it to one leader.

Picea engelmannii 'Compact' is a selection that is different from 'Compacta'. 'Compact' I bought from Bob Fincham.

Thanks guys!

Dax
coniferjoy
12 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Dax, I just found out that 'Compact' and 'Compacta' are the same one.
This plant derives from Leen Konijn from The Netherlands and came into the U.S. under the cultivarname 'Compact'.
Later on some nursery men changed this cultivar name into 'Compacta' because they thought it must bin written that way.
Right on Dax, it's 'Compact' which isn't availlable here any longer...
gardener365
Original Author
12 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
I'll fix it! Thank you Edwin.

Dax
gardener365
Original Author
12 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
I've spent the last 3 days hand-weeding my vege and seed starting garden and covering deeply with straw/hay (has food and perennial flower seeds right now) - so that was a lot of work. The pictures of my garden showed the property quite well so I thought I'd share with ya all. Then some other shots on the way back into the house, "as-always!"

Dax

{{gwi:703167}}

{{gwi:703170}}

{{gwi:703173}}

{{gwi:703175}}

{{gwi:703177}}

Abies veitchii 'Glauca'
{{gwi:703179}}

Azalea 'Mandarin Lights'
{{gwi:703180}}

Pinus strobus 'Keokuk Koner'
{{gwi:592233}}

Picea abies 'Hildburghausen'
{{gwi:703181}}

Picea abies 'Pusch'
{{gwi:703182}}

Picea abies 'Pusch'
{{gwi:703183}}

{{gwi:703184}}

If anyone is interested to know the benefits of gardening with hay, I'll pass along this video passed along to me. Besides, you'd just enjoy the video for the narrative of the 'in her ways' elderly lady from the Rocky Mountains. Ruth Stout is her name. Some of you may already know her, she's that baddddddd!

Here is a link that might be useful: Ruth Stout's Garden 1 of 2

Related Stories

KITCHEN DESIGN Home Above the Range: Smart Uses for Cooktop Space

With pot fillers, shelves, racks and more, you can get the most function out of the space above your kitchen range

RUSTIC STYLE At Home on the Range

Cabin retreats in idyllic locales fill the pages of the new book ‘American Rustic.’ We take you inside one of them

KITCHEN DESIGN Wood Range Hoods Naturally Fit Kitchen Style

By Rachel Grace

Bring warmth and beauty into the heart of your home with a range hood crafted from nature's bounty

DECORATING GUIDES Tortoiseshell Shows Its Range

By Lisa Frederick

Meandering past eyeglass frames into tiles, coffee tables and more, tortoiseshell adds an exotic note to home interiors

KITCHEN APPLIANCES What to Consider When Adding a Range Hood

By Toronto Interior Design Group

Get to know the types, styles and why you may want to skip a hood altogether

COLOR 20 Wide-Ranging Colors Touted for 2014

By Jennifer Ott Design

Behr takes its turn in the color-forecasting game with 4 paint collections from superbold to sophisticated

KITCHEN DESIGN How to Find the Right Range for Your Kitchen

By KitchenLab Interiors

Range style is mostly a matter of personal taste. This full course of possibilities can help you find the right appliance to match yours

DECORATING STYLES City View: Dallas Design Corrals a Range of Styles

By Becky Harris

All antlers and cowhide? Hardly. See the real styles and trends, and the misconceptions, about design in this Lone Star State hub

KITCHEN BACKSPLASHES Kitchen Confidential: 8 Options for Your Range Backsplash

Find the perfect style and material for your backsplash focal point

HOUSEKEEPING How to Clean Your Range and Oven

By Bonnie McCarthy

Experts serve up advice on caring for these kitchen appliances, which work extra hard during the holidays

Sponsored

Dream Baths by Kitchen Kraft

12 Reviews

Your Custom Bath Designers & Remodelers in Columbus I 10X Best Houzz

More Discussions

crazy weather :-(

24

Nice use of a gold conifer

9

Metasequoia glyptostroboides in z4

18

Potted Van Speybrock Spruce

4

Ponderosa pine Montana champ

4