Wallace property · Long-term project story
A decade of care across one property
Over a decade, Living Earth has helped maintain, repair, and improve the Wallace property. That ongoing relationship brings a detailed understanding of its structures, gardens, and systems—helping balance immediate needs with long-term goals as priorities change.
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Years of returning to the same property build familiarity and trust. Age, weather, and deferred maintenance bring different needs into focus at different times. Regular assessment helps identify what needs attention now, what can be maintained, and where an improvement supports the owner's broader goals.
Repairing the house exterior
Living Earth repaired architectural beams around the roofline and painted the house.
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Deck decisions, made by condition
In one area, deterioration at the base of a deck support was localized. Living Earth removed failed material and corrected the support condition rather than replacing the entire cedar post. Elsewhere, an aging balcony had reached the point where continued repairs no longer made sense, so it was replaced.
These were different decisions on the same property: repair what remained worth preserving and replace what had reached the end of its practical service life.
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Keeping water moving
Living Earth installed a sump system to bypass a collapsed drainage line, avoiding the need to tear out the asphalt driveway to repair the buried pipe.
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Screens, gates, and useful garden structures
Projects included a new propane-tank screen, rebuilt raised beds, a gazebo rebuild, and fence and gate improvements.
The courtyard enclosure was rebuilt with steel cable in place of the aging screen, while retaining the property's need for containment.
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Care for existing water and garden features
At the existing concrete pond, Living Earth sealed leaks and maintained the filter. Elsewhere on the property, work included fruit-tree pruning and replacing greenhouse glass.
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Irrigation that responds to the lawn
Years of accumulated thatch left some sprinkler bodies too low and several heads out of alignment. Taller bodies and swing joints raised and straightened the heads. The existing locations and watering program stayed the same; two weeks later the lawn showed more even coverage without increasing run time.
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A more considered roadside edge
Delivery trucks cutting the corner and years of rainfall had compromised the driveway edge near the mailbox. Living Earth rebuilt the edge with stonework to address the erosion and better define the corner.
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What comes next for your property?
A conversation about current conditions and future goals is a good place to begin.