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of the old playground placed next to a bench as part of Church Square Park Improvements. Nice historical touch.   @CityofHoboken

Fall tasks for the small urban backyard:  remove leaves and debris with the leaf blower.  Shut off the garden hose before the first freeze.  Tidy up the planters. This year, I added a task. This past winter and spring was excessively windy. Everyone with outsized allergies. The winter wind destroyed some of my tough evergreen plants making the sides of the garden look patchy, uneven.  The Tree Guy said it was okay to wrap the plants in burlap a la the internet for the winter, giving them winter coats. The winter is approaching.  I buy some burlap from guess who online. I cut swaths of burlap for each plant. Time to wrap the plants with zip ties as seen on YouTube. …Never worked with burlap material before…makes sense to use because it’s breathable.   This project went pretty well. Now from the window this winter, I don’t need to watch the Evergreen plants and the Boxwoods bend with each gale force wind that comes along.   That it’s become a predo...

Here’s How:  Fire Escape and Fence Painted, Gutter Replaced. Project Manager now sometimes. Restoration of gutter downspout, fire escape and fence of 1901 now split building, with 4 condo residential units.  Bundled the three tasks, then paid for the project in full during the fiscal year before the work would be done for a discount. The neighboring building pitched in for their part of the work.  Project completed Summer 2025.

And Water’s Soul, Jersey City It's an existing structure.  Next week:   Building Projects