Lansing Home and Garden Show

This weekend Hubby and I went to the Lansing home and garden show at the MSU Pavilion. It was a very good show. Hubby made appointments with two companies to come take a look at the two garage doors (the overhead and the side door). Ever since he put in a heater a few years ago we’ve both cringed at the heat loss through that overhead. When we got the heater we insulated the attic and put Styrofoam sheets in between all of the plates of the overhead but the overhead is still the greatest source of heat loss out there.

We probably won’t replace it right now but it’s good to get the DL on the cost and process. The side door we probably will replace this year.

There were absolutely magnificent garden displays with waterfalls and rivers and bridges. One place in particular, Outdoor Expressions, contrived an indoor-outdoor garden paradise. It had outdoor banquet seating set up covered in burgundy velvet cushions with suits of armor standing guard nearby. With fences made out of delicately woven wood, rough, wild-looking. They had bits of castles – a two-story pentagonal tower to stand in with flags on top. A path winding through. It was magnificent. Only later at work did I realize that my next door cubey knows the proprietor – her fiancee works at the Home and Garden Show every year across the way from Outdoor Expressions and gets to see his display each year. One year he did a Wizard of Oz theme, another classic cars. He does top-notch, top-dollar work in the area but the home show is his place to p lay and shine.

Our own backyard is looking pretty scraggly. We took out a large, broken bird bath last year and now need to figure out what to do with that space. We’re getting a new lawn care “company” (a neighbor who likes the work and is looking to pick up some customers) this year. His main reference is his own yard. It looks perfect all the time. We already fertilize as well but the grass gets just flat out burned out in places. It’s been cut too short for several years with the former company we were using. Our neighbor LawnKing wants to re-seed part of the lawn. We’ll need to sit down and talk with him as we get closer to grass cutting season.