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Something there is that loves a wall

lapse. For the same reason, lay flat rocks so they have a slight inward tilt.

Every time you put a rock in place, its fit with its neighbors should be secure, perhaps helped along with shims of small rocks or handfuls of packed soil or fine gravel.

For both appearance and strength, avoid lining up a joint in one course with a joint in the course immediately above or below it.

A stone wall can provide beauty — and exercise

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If you feel like getting your blood moving — and with longer lasting effect than lifting dumbbells — go outside and lift stones.

Make a dry stone wall — that is, one laid without mortar.

A well-constructed stone wall can last centuries. Use it to create a terraced surface where a short, steep and dangerous-to-mow grassy slope once lay. On level ground, use a stone wall to better define your terrace or driveway, or to create a garden “room.” A stone wall also makes a nice backdrop against which to show off your bed of flowers or shrubbery.

And the wall itself can be a thing of beauty.

Before You Begin The prospect of building a stone wall can be intimidating. Aren’t there all sorts of mystical rules for building stone walls? What about the sheer weight of stone that must be moved?

Even though about a ton of stone is needed for every 30 square feet of wall face, you only have to move

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A well-constructed stone wall can last for centuries. Use that wall to create a terraced surface where a short, steep and dangerous-to-mow grassy slope once lay. On level ground, use a stone wall to better define your terrace or driveway. A stone wall also makes a nice backdrop against which to show off your bed of flowers or shrubbery. those stones one at a time.

Or a barrowful at a time.

When you purchase or gather stones, make sure to get only those that are no heavier than you can comfortably move around.

Also, purchase or gather some basic tools. In this weather, you’re probably already wearing gloves, which help prevent nicked or crushed fingers when

working with stone. A metal pry bar or crow bar is useful for those final nudges a stone needs to settle it home. Occasionally, a stone might need to be cut, which you do by scoring it with a masonry chisel and hammer, then using the hammer solo to clink the far side of the cut. Wear goggles when cutting stone.

And Up It Goes The mechanics of building a stone wall can be boiled down to a half-dozen or so basic principles.

Start out — most logically — from ground level, with a good foundation. Dig out the ground to a half-foot, less if drainage is good, and pour a couple of inches of gravel into the resulting trench.

This gravel-filled trench creates a solid, immobile base on which to build.

Then, build on that theme of a good foundation by generally using your largest and flattest stones lowest in the wall. As you work upward, taper the wall in on both faces of a freestanding wall, or on the outside face of a retaining wall, to make the wall less inclined to col-

In addition to the space it defines, a stone wall opens up new opportunities in gardening.

Alpine and rock garden plants thrive in the warmed microclimate and good drainage provided by crevices packed with bits of soil.

Or use the wall as a “shelf ” on which to display potted plants.

The test of your wall will be next year at this time, when you see how it stood up to the ground shifting from frost. Or other disruptions — my cat tests my walls by tiptoeing along the ledge checking for loose stones.

If all rocks stay in place, your wall will get prettier with age as it cozies up in its surroundings with the embrace of plants and kisses from mosses and lichens.

Birdseed prices too high? Try growing your own

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spending, start with the entertainment budget: Consider the cost of keeping If you’re looking for sim- those backyard bird feedple ways to cut household ers so busy.

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Black-oiled sunflower seed retails at more than $17.50 for a 10-pound bag, while nyjer, or thistle seed, goes for around $15 per 5-pound container. Those prices are for fresh, specialty seed — the premium grades marketed for the pickiest of passers-by.

You always can search the sales, comparison shop or buy birdseed in bulk to save a buck. But consider growing your own for a substantial savings.

Seed, nectar, and berryrich plants and shrubs will draw wild birds year-round.

Some flower varieties, such as sunflowers, cosmos and

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coneflowers, develop daisy-like seed heads, which turns them into organic bird feeders.

Many plants have heads so large they’re easy to harvest or “thresh” once they finish flowering and drying. Lay them face down on a flat surface, pat or compress to free the seed, and then store it in jars or redistribute it into your feeders.

It’s pretty straightforward, although the approach has its critics.

“Birds are going to be much better at getting the seeds for many of the plant species. Therefore, it is best to leave the plants standing over winter,” said Nigel Dunnett of the University of Sheffield, in England, and author of “Rain Gardens” (Timber Press, 2007). “Leaving the stems standing has other benefits, too. The cover prevents rain damage to exposed soil, and in climates where it doesn’t freeze up for months on end in the winter, (and) quite a lot of invertebrates will use the hollow stems of the perennials as a place for over-

wintering.”

Packaged birdseed is big business. An estimated 4.6 billion pounds of wild bird feed is purchased in the United States each year at the retail level. That works out to some $1.45 billion in sales, said Susan Hays, executive director of the Wild Bird Feeding Industry at Sioux Falls, S.D. Yet backyard bird feeding isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be, many ornithologists say.

“Birds are adaptable and mobile creatures, and most individuals can survive just fine without our handouts,” said David Bonter, leader of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Project FeederWatch. “If the food supply dwindles in one area, the birds will go elsewhere.”

Feeding birds can be good for people, however. “Watching birds at our backyard feeders is one of the most meaningful interactions that many Americans have with wildlife in modern society,” Bonter said.

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ronment, particularly when paired with something like rain gardens, which are low places cultivated to divert storm runoff.

“Because rain gardens are usually based on perennial plantings, then they can be good for seed-eating birds,” Dunnett said. Look to the Internet or reference books for local plants and shrubs attractive to wildlife. Meanwhile, here are some of the easiest varieties to grow and harvest and provide interest to your yard while nourishing foraging birds:  Sunflowers, which come in about 70 varieties.  Millet, particularly the ornamental varieties such as Purple Majesty and Purple Baron.  Corn. Plant a row or more of popcorn or Indian corn and leave it standing for the birds and other wildlife to glean.  Tickseed. More than 100 drought-tolerant species.  Common goldenrod.

Careful, though. It tends to be aggressive.  Black-eyed Susan. An aster-like flower with attractive blooms and numerous seeds.  Purple coneflower.

New hybrids come in a variety of colors, and birds flock to the seeds.  Cosmos. Great colors and easy-to-gather seeds.  Cup plant. Bright yellow blooms commonly found in flood plains and near streams. Some inexpensive alternatives to a birdseed diet include chopped or halved fruit, peanuts, suet or peanut butter smeared onto trees, and bread cubes.

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John Bradbury takes in the view from the covered deck at his cabin on the Fraser Prairie between the Clearwater River and Weippe.

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cleared in the 1890s, Bradbury has built a log cabin for his residence when he’s RASER — On a hearing cases in Clearwacloudy, late winter ter County.

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Bradbury doesn’t think he was too popular after that.

Overseeing the construction of the cabin was Bradbury’s old friend Tia Pomponio of Orofino, a retired Potlatch woods boss who knows whom to call and how to organize an operation.

The project began about five years ago, Pomponio said, with him and Bradbury walking the land and looking at possible building sites. Last year, they drove stakes and work on the 40 by 42 foot cabin commenced.

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dying tops and had them milled into lumber. Since then, he’s been replanting trees.

Bradbury laughs at what his grandparents must think of the goings on. They cleared the land with crosscut saws and axes to make farmland, and now he’s replanted about 200 of the 500 acres. My “grandparents must be wondering what happened to the gene pool,” he said. His family settled first in Pierce in 1868 and then moved to Fraser. His grandfather left the prairie in 1911 to become the first tax assessor for the newly created Clearwater County.

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Living walls may be the ultimate raised-bed garden

By DEAN FOSDICK

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Things are looking up for gardeners who are short on space but long on imagination.

It’s increasingly easy to build vertical gardens, structures that enable plants to grow upward if there is no room for growing them laterally.

These living walls can make great backdrops for mixing color with cuisine; use them to frame patios and decks with tapestries

of miniature tomatoes and spaghetti squash. Or make privacy screens by draping morning glories, clematis and sweet peas over netting or latticework.

“Vertical gardening makes it easier to have your ornaments and eat them too,” said Leonard Perry, an extension professor of horticulture at the University of Vermont. “Grab a tomato or two as you walk by, which is an easy thing to do when they’re hanging at different levels.”

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ever. While great for saving space, they are more challenging when fertilizing and watering.

“Holding water on a flat roof isn’t difficult, but turning it 90 degrees on a wall is tremendously tricky,” said Edmund Snodgrass of Street, Md., an author and operator of a nursery dedicated to producing green roof plants.

“You have to decide early on what it is you want to accomplish with this. Understand what level of effort you want to put into it as a homeowner.”

Living walls vary greatly in size and sophistication, from commercial designs with complicated plumbing and roots attached to walls, to plant pockets connected to webbing, to flowering vines planted in the ground and trained to climb homemade supports. Each needs a sturdy framework, waterproofing material to protect the walls, and plant containers.

“Walls with pockets are nice for urban areas or properties with elevation changes,” Snodgrass said. “They’re also easy for backyard gardeners to use because they don’t need complex irrigation systems. All have their merits.”

More benefits of vertical gardens:  Erected against warm walls, they can become microclimates resistant to killing frosts. “That can mean starting your garden earlier in the spring and continuing with it later into the fall,” said Derek Fell, a horticulturist from Pipersville, Pa., who has developed a backyard device he calls the “Skyscraper Gar-

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This photo shows a Skyscraper Garden, featuring climbing vegetables (from left to right) climbing Trombone zucchini, Early Cascade tomatoes, and Orient Express climbing cucumbers. den.” “Climbing plants like spinach or pole snap beans will bear all summer, giving you up to 10 times the yields of similar bush varieties.”  Plants grown in vertical gardens are less disease-prone. “Having them grow upright gets more air circulating around them,” Perry said. “Less accumulated moisture means less disease.”  Little or no stooping is required. “Forget all that bending over as you plant

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“By extending your (planting) bed away from a wall like an apron, you can have the best of both worlds — climbing vegetables at the back and compact, low-growing vegetables at the front.”  University of Vermont fact sheet: http://www. uvm.edu/pss/ppp/articles/ vertgard.html.

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The weight of a maturing vertical garden can fracture or rot buildings if it’s not installed properly, however. Using lightweight potting soil rather than saturated topsoil will help reduce the load.

“I cannot think of any downside to vertical gardening except not all vegetables are suitable for growing tall up supports — lettuce, cabbage peppers,

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Next, came mounting it to a tree in our yard. We waited until my parents came up from Cape Girardeau so that my dad could help out. My 60-yearold dad climbed the ladder 12 feet up, hoisted the box and mounted it to a tree.

Then came the waiting. We didn’t hear the owl anymore. Didn’t he (or she) know we had a nice home waiting? One day, just before Christmas, I saw movement in the box. Some dried leaves and twigs peeked from the hole. We had an owl; I was sure of it.

Alas, a couple of squirrels poked their heads out. My husband assures me that if an owl wants the box, he’ll just kick the squirrels out (and possibly eat them).

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Succulent collections go chic Container gardening and online marketing are increasing the popularity of succulents, transforming the likes of hens and chicks to collectible chic.

It wasn’t long ago that the eye-catching perennials grew primarily in sun-seared settings. Now they’re the playthings of people living in temperate zones.

“There are so many succulents available now (that) we weren’t even aware of 10 or 20 years ago. The Internet makes it possible to purchase these plants,” said Debra Lee Baldwin, author of “Succulent Container Gardens” (Timber Press, 2010).

Many of the most attractive succulents are native to Madagascar, South Africa and the Caribbean, meaning they’re frost tender and do well outdoors only in USDA Zones 9 and 10, Baldwin said.

“Container culture offers an ideal solution; anyone, anywhere can grow succulents in pots, which can be sheltered indoors,” she said.

More than 10,000 plant species are classified as succulents, including those of the sizable cacti family.

Some are tall and irregularly shaped, resembling

This photo released by Debra Lee Baldwin shows a round pot which emphasizes the cylindrical shape of Euphorbia flanaganii. yellow flowers contrast with the pot’s bright blue glaze.

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living sculptures. Others are small and develop laterally, making an effective ground cover. Many bloom.

Most are survivors, durable once established.

“They’ll store water in their fleshy leaves in times of drought, which can be interpreted as owners forgetting to water them,” Baldwin said. “They can so easily be loved to death — by that I mean by overwatering, making the roots rot. Succulents really prefer neglect.”

Planting succulents in containers not only makes over-wintering them easier but also makes growing them more rewarding.

“It’s gardening in miniature, ideal for space-constrained, time-challenged gardeners who like mating plants with pots,” Baldwin said. “It’s a lifestyle enhancement kind of thing.

You want to display them in sitting areas or entryways where they can be enjoyed close up.”

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“They’re a ‘special needs’ plant,” said David Salman, founder and chief horticulturist at High Country Gardens, in Santa Fe, N.M. “Succulents appreciate fast-draining soil. A rich loam won’t work. It gets too wet and stays too fertile.

It’s better to blend coarse sand and gravel with a soilless potting mix.”

As for containers:  Use terra cotta or ceramic rather than plastic, Salman said. “Succulents can live for a great many years, often outlasting containers. Repotting is difficult for plants, particularly for some of the larger succulents.”  Layer an attractive

stone or gravel top-dressing around containerized succulents. Coarse aquarium gravel is good. “It keeps the plants looking cleaner so they don’t get any dirt splashed up into the foliage,” he said. “If you like to hike, gather some rocks or gnarled wood during the course of your adventures.

They will provide a little interior decoration with your potted plants, making them rock gardens in miniature.”  Many succulents are small enough to make great windowsill plants. “They’ll bloom (indoors) in winter and early spring, giving you some great offseason color,” Salman said.  Bring along your plant when choosing a pot, or

your pot when choosing a plant. “That makes a better design statement,” Baldwin said.  Arrange succulentfilled containers into groups. Elevate several.

Choose themes or colors to add cohesiveness to your garden. “A pot never

detracts from the plant; it showcases the plant,” Baldwin said.

Planting succulents in containers opens the way for a hobby within a hobby.

You can use potted succulents for creating bonsai, shaping topiary or carving out miniature landscapes.

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Sitting on 500 acres, Bradbury’s cabin incorporates wood from the site and surrounding area.

The orginal house on the property homesteaded by the Bradbury family in the 1800s. The home was built from trees cleared from the land that were then milled on site.

Bradury’s great-grandfather was a master carpenter who built many of the homes in the Fraser area.

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Once the logs for the cabin walls were harvested, they were hauled to New Pioneer Log Homes in Weippe, where owners Art and Barb Cochrell sat down with Bradbury and developed the plans. The Cochrells were quick to accommodate any changes in the plans, such as modifying the size of the windows.

They did superb work, Pomponio said.

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They are craftsmen, Pomponio said. They plumbed the house as well and built the fireplace and hearth in the main room.

The roofing materials, insulation and windows came from Jacobs Lumber Co. in Kamiah.

Guardian Heating and Air Conditioning of Lewiston installed an electric furnace and a Monarch hot water heater that incorporates a circulating pump that means instant hot water; there is no wasting water by having to let it run to get hot.

Every part came together, Pomponio said. No one had to wait for someone else to finish before another aspect of the building could begin.

Wes Lineberry, owner of a specialty mill in Pierce, quarter sawed the fir for the flooring and for the cabinets.

Hills Floor Covering of Orofino took care of the tiles for the bathroom floors and the border between the front door and the main room.

“He’s an artist,” Pomponio said of the work he had done on his own house.

Dave and Peggy Vaughn of Mountain Treasures Cabinetry and Woodworking of Weippe worked magic with the cabinets and countertops. They also built the entertainment center in the main room and handled the painting and staining. The fit and finish of their work couldn’t be better.

The pine will darken and marble as it ages, Dave Vaughn said. The pine shows not only its grain, of course, but like all pine it

room has a sliding glass door that opens onto a deck that runs the width of the cabin.

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The Vaughns cut out space at the top of each door for a handle; there are no pulls sticking out to detract from the beauty of the wood.

The deep cabinets beneath the kitchen counters have shelves that slide and then pull out. There is no wasted space. Where two counters meet, underneath is a lazy susan. Beneath the island that separates the kitchen from the main room, the Vaughns built a cutting board of black walnut and cherry wood that slides out from behind a panel.

Sherry Slater, who owns Sherry’s Cakes & Bouquets, and Peggy Vaughn helped with the decorating.

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For kitchens and bathrooms, cloth napkin squares hung on a tension rod with clip rings can create “a fun, no commitment style statement,” Ford said.

Or, if you want to keep your drapes up all year, consider: Layering window treatments is one way to make them work all year. Sheers, blinds or shades layered underneath those heavy drapes will let light in yet still provide privacy.

Ford likes the “tropical feel” of shades made from bamboo or woven natural material.

Fabrics in lighter colors will produce a “little more springy feeling,” she said, because they reflect the light that comes into the room.

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untackled material — unread articles, unpaid bills, unanswered invitations — weigh heavily on us, making us less productive. They eat up space in the brain as well as on the kitchen counter, he said.

Alaina Yoakum, a sculptor and stay-at-home mom in San Rafael, Calif., said she had been “overwhelmed by my paper problem” when she turned to “Getting Things Done” for help.

“I was overlooking bills, misplacing permission slips for my kids, forgetting about fliers for events I’d wanted to attend, and so much more,” Yoakum said.

“I felt at a complete loss as to how to deal with the mass overload of papers.”

“And it was becoming embarrassing,” she said.

Since reading Allen, Yoakum said, she now has a system: Establish an inbox for new papers, which need to be reviewed in a

timely manner. Papers that require action — writing a check or making a phone call, for example — that can be done in two minutes or less should be dealt with then. Anything taking longer needs to be scheduled to do later, or filed away for future reference.

The results, Yoakum said, are liberating. “It hasn’t been difficult to make the change,” she said, adding that having a simple inbox has given her significant

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“Now when I’ve had to suddenly find an important paper or receipt, I knew for a fact that I could find it there. I didn’t have to go scavenging my car, my dresser, or under my bed for it,” Yoakum said.

Debbie Harwin, a professional organizer in Larchmont, N.Y., said that for many people the first step in reducing paper clutter is realizing that in this electronic age, many papers — magazine articles, for instance — no longer need to be saved. Their information can be accessed online.

And managing papers that do need to be kept does not need to be messy, she said.

Maintaining visible files — complete with an “action” file for papers that need attending — is key, she said.

Harwin and Allen agree that throwing out papers is not always the solution; organizing them so they can be tapped as references is.

“If there is not a system in place, if there is not a place for that particular piece of paper to go, it’s just going to sit in that pile,” Harwin said, “and chances are it’s going to get lost in that black hole.”

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With a small Manhattan apartment, Erica Linderholm struggles with a common affliction: too much paper.

Bills, mail and magazines sit in what she calls “nice stacks” on her kitchen counter and table, occasionally moved to make way for other activities, such as eating. Carefully chosen bins hold old grad school papers, waiting to be reread — or not — when time allows. Work stuff gets lugged around in a rolling bag that Linderholm purchased with the idea of tackling some of it during the 45-minute commute between home and her job as a teacher.

“I just schlep it around,” she said. “It’s another vessel for stuff.”

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