I am Glenn Ray, the old timer of Masterpiece Landscaping, Ltd. It was 75 years ago this very May, I began my first venture in ‘managing’ a gardened piece of land. It was the Spring following Pearl Harbor. Our America was at World War. I lived in a very modest, but newer part of St. Paul, Minnesota at that time, a neighborhood where there were a number of empty lots, all sized at...
Read More >>I have made myself wander through our gardened grounds here in Minnetonka where I have lived since January 1, 1974. Walking through and cleaning up the grounds isn’t as easy as it used to be. I had knee replacement surgery on my right leg late last November. That plus my elderly condition in general has delayed service in my keeping the grounds beautiful….. ……especially when I wasn’t around to keep deer and rabbits “in...
Read More >>Temperature doesn’t measure the arrival of Winter in Minnesota. Our landscapes usually do. If one bothers to look, Winter in Minnesota is equal to Spring and Fall in the quality of its beauty offered by sight. Outdoor viewing during and immediately after snowfall creates a landscape garden aura of its own…..if there is a landscape garden in site, that is. And, let us thank God, this garden “aura” doesn’t occur in summer as...
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