We're putting together a great tour of this beautiful house in rural New Hampshire for next week. Until then, we thought we'd share this picture of their rock garden as garden month here on AT nears a close...
Look! Rural Rock Garden
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Pete and Sandy have ample garden space surrounding their house in this rural town, so they chose to use this small nook between the barn and porch as a minimal rock garden. Old stone walls abound in rocky New Hampshire, and we think this is a creative way to use vernacular materials in a modern, unexpected way.
Stay tuned for the house tour next week!
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Ooooh, pretty! Can't wait for the house tour!!! :)
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Yay for rock gardens!
They bounce a lot of light around too, when the rock is light-colored.
And if the rock is dark-colored, it could be incorporated into a passive solar design, so that only winter sun hits it, which warms it and cuts the chill.
They're talking about greenhouses here, but the premise is the same:
"The system most commonly used in home greenhouses is passive. Here, a thermal mass, such as rocks or water-filled drums, captures heat during the day and radiates it back at night."
Source:
http://www.hobby-greenhouse.com/FreeSolar.html
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