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Saturday, March 8, 2014

Hiner Landscapes Mentions Warming Trends in Their Blog

Thanks to Hiner Landscapes out of Colorado Springs, Colorado for mentioning us in their blog.

They state that "The Warming Trends Crossfire System is a fully customizable, Eco-friendly alternative to the conventional wood burning fire pit or stainless steel fire ring."

Four Custom Burner Sizes

The couldnt be more right. Our Crossfire Burner IS fully customizable as we have built burning systems for clients ranging from half-moons, to paisley style burners, to 20 linear burners. To see a range of examples of different burners we have created, visit our Crossfire Burner Portfolio page here.

Semi-Circle Burner

Our CSA Design Certified (Crossfire) Combustion Burner System is the newest state of the art outdoor patio flame system. Our Burner System’s regulator was developed with a precise air to gas mixture ratio which produces a taller, brighter flame while using only half the fuel of conventional fire rings. This cutting edge technology has allowed our product to out perform all others on the market. This is what one of our clients had to say about our product:

"I was looking for a fire pit burner with automatic ignition system and after much research I decided to go with Warming Trends cross fire burners. I installed the unit after bleeding the gas line, turned on the switch and it worked perfect the first time my client and I were impressed. Thanks Warming Trends for a great product."

Aztec Restoration & Remodel, Albuquerque NM.

Custom Eyeball

So when you are in the market for a fantastic natural gas or propane outdoor burning system, please visit us online, or call today. 1-877-556-5255.

Friday, March 7, 2014

ETYMOLOGY IN THE GARDEN

a google search for "lot" yielded this..

a google search for "yard" yielded this..

a google search for "garden" returned this..

As an American overseas, if I’ve heard this once, I’ve heard this ten times in the U.K… why do Americans refer to their outdoor planted spaces as yards? Aren’t yards where cars are put up on blocks? Where railcars are stored?

Paul Groth writes in “The Meaning of Gardens”, “What does it mean that Americans chose to call their arrangements of cars parked outdoors as lots? Why not carparks as in Canada and the U.K. Why have we overtly fashioned no parking gardens, or at least parking yards? Three of these terms – lot, yard and garden –denote a simple but important hierarchy in the way Americans organize their space.”

According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, here are the first seven definitions for the word "YARD":

1: a small, usually walled and often paved area open to the sky and adjacent to a building : a court

2: the grounds of a building or group of buildings

3: the grounds immediately surrounding a house that are usually covered with grass

4 : an enclosure for livestock (as poultry)

5: an area with its buildings and facilities set aside for a particular business or activity

6: an assembly or storage area (as for dry-docked boats)

7: a system of tracks for storage and maintenance of cars and making up trains

8: a locality in a forest where deer herd in winter

On Wiktionary… a yard is a small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building, An enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc. In Jamaica, it is vernacular for “one’s house or home.

Lot stands as one of the oldest words for a division of land. Yard denotes more enclosure, or an area for special work, business or storage. Or, lack of attention as in “open lot” and “vacant lot”. Groth associates the notion of “yard” with barns, prisons, ships, etc. In fact, the word harkens back to the 12^th century middle English as a word for enclosure.

In terms of organizing open space design, there is a hierarchy of meaning within “lot,” “yard,” and “garden.” Lot is commonly used in real estate terms, historically it equates to a division of land. This is an enclosure.“We define lots or yards by their edges and their neighboring spaces; lots and yards hold something else. The garden is defined by what is in it. Its immediate meaning derives largely from itself and its contents.”

There is also a hierarchy of care, cultivation and pleasure among these three words. “The word ‘yard’ implies more value than something called a ‘lot’; in turn, the word ‘garden’ suggests something treasured.”

Gardens provide delight and amusement. Its contents are aesthetically pleasing and it is not defined by it’s edges, but rather by it’s contents. The term “pleasure garden” never referred to a yard or lot. Henceforth, lets turn yards into gardens.

The Meaning of Gardens: Francis and Hester
MIT Press, 1990

Photos: lot/NYTimes, yard/sgvtribune.com, garden/lowcrapdiet.com

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Carroll Street Condo Garden in early Fall

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