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Recent Home Sales 2. Callicoon Township Old Farmhouse $1,823 Built: 1948 Listed By: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Peters Realty

5. Thompson Township (Rock Hill) Raised Ranch with Lake Rights 4 BR/3 BA Acres: 0.36 Sold For: $195,000 School Tax: $5,000 Town & County: $3,590

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d Gavalla started Jesse G’s Nursery back in the early ’80s as a garden center in New Jersey before switching over to its current incarnation as a landscape design company based in Pond Eddy. “We switched in the early 90s because we couldn’t compete with the big box stores,” Gavalla explained. “So I changed our focus and now we focus on bigger merchandise and unusual plants you wouldn’t find in a place like Home Depot or Lowe’s.” Jesse G’s designs its clients’ dream oasis by taking plant flowering times, stonework, natural privacy screens, and even light building into account alongside the clients’ personal wants and desires. “The reality of landscape design is you need to listen to what people want,” Gavalla said. “We create a dream oasis but we need to know what your oasis is. Part of my job is talking to people to find out colors and themes they like as well as things they don’t like. You don’t just design a landscape with all purple when somebody doesn’t like purple.” The client has most of the control over the landscape design they want. “A landscape will better serve a client if it accounts for their tastes,” Gavalla explained. And Jesse G’s offers a wide variety of services to suit every taste from rustic charm to contemporary designs. The firm installs stones and

patios, ponds and water gardens, plant design, terrace design, and the use of trees and trellises for privacy screens. In addition Gavalla and his son Jesse, who’s been in business with him for 15 years, also offer light building of gazebos, sheds and bridges as well as stonework pieces like outdoor barbecues and pizza ovens. “The biggest fad right now is bocce ball courts,” Gavalla explained. “I’ve put in several courts during the past couple of years and I’ve already put in two this season.” After a consultation with clients, Gavalla’s process when it comes to design includes a few visits to the site to get a feel of the area, put together a design drawing and then translate the design into a finished landscape. “The reality of it is that it takes me more time to do landscape design work than it will to do a job,” Gavalla explained. “And I tell that to people, but I’m one of the only registered, licensed nursery landscapers in the area and I have a formal education from Cornell.” Jesse G’s Nursery also focuses on providing landscape-ready trees and shrubs and deer- and other animal-resistant plants. “My niche comes from the fact that we provide big trees that are landscape ready so people don’t have to wait for them to grow into the design,” Gavalla said. In addition, Gavalla’s landscape design work extends from Sullivan and

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Orange County into Pennsylvania, Connecticut and even into Manhattan with terrace plant boxes and other designs for penthouses in the city. “The only downfall of the business we’re in is that it’s seasonal and we play to weather; I’m at the mercy of Mother Nature,” Gavalla explained. “And we work during a limited season which means we tend to get a rush in the spring and fall.” Despite the short season for work, Jesse G’s Nursery offers gardens and plants that will really make a design last all year long. Gavalla focuses on using plants that have multi-season interest and will provide not only spring blooms, but also fall foliage and plant material with winter interest like evergreens and holly to really make a year round garden. “I try to coordinate flowering times and fall foliage colors because I like to coordinate colors to what people want,” Gavalla said. “I look at all these aspects because it’s great to have a garden that’s in color all year round.” Visit www.jessegsnursery.com or call 914-443-5802 or email jessegs@frontiernet.net.

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Upper left: Jesse G’s Nursery owner, Ed Gavalla, has been in the landscaping business for over 20 years and specializes in light building, stone work, and design with mature plants that will give the landscape a year-round beauty. Above: In addition to patio work (pictured) Jesse G’s Nursery is currently working on many bocce courts as well as water gardens and ponds. Left: Ed Gavalla aims to use mature plants in his landscape design so customers won’t have to wait for plants to grow into the space. Below: Stonework is just one of the nursery’s many specialties that allow Gavalla to create landscaped areas with both contemporary and rustic charm.

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Left: Just off of Hess Rd., Jeff Moore’s converted dairy barn sits amid the farm fields as both a modern home and a nod to a time gone by. Right: The silo base deck sits amid the Moores’ garden where Jeff Moore grows everything from tomatoes and zucchini to kiwis and green beans. Below: The view from the barn’s silo base looks out over the property’s pond and a view of Hortonville in the distance. The peaceful space is more than beautiful as the sounds of the country fill the air.

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t’s a labor of love,” Jeff Moore says of his home nestled in the hills overlooking Hortonville. But unlike many of the farmhouses that surround him, Moore’s home is a unique, and cathedral-like converted dairy barn. Moore, originally from Long Island, initially moved up to Westbrookville into a farmhouse along Route 209 and

used to ride his horses to the Basha Kill before the road became a trucking shortcut. When the peace and quiet of the country life along Rte. 209 disappeared, Moore began looking for a new home and found the Head’s farmhouse and dairy barn just off of Hess Road in Hortonville in the mid-1980s. “Bob and Peter Head didn’t want the farm from their dad,” Moore ex-

plained, and he and then-girlfriend Elizabeth “Buff” McAllister moved into the farmhouse in 1985 with plans to convert the barn. “I moved my business to Liberty, and since Buff is a very creative spirit we said, ‘Let’s make something out of it.’” With the help of Rick Denman, from Roberts and Denman Construction of Grahamsville, Moore and McAllister saw the transformation of the 100-

year-old dairy barn change into a livable space. After about a year of repairs and changes, including the removal of the barn’s sliding door and the sanding of the barn’s original floors, the building’s open floor plan allowed what had once housed cows and hay to become a home. The barn’s open floor plan is centered around a giant fireplace made from the foundation stones of an old

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homestead found on Moore’s 250acre property, and the Rumford-style design allows the fireplace to heat the room in the winter without smoking out the building. “It’s a nice way to honor the families that came before,” Maggie Moore, Jeff’s wife, explained. Some of the stones from the old homestead also went to creating the barn’s stone deck, which the Moores call the silo

base. The barn’s original silo stood where the deck is now, but had unfortunately collapsed by the time the barn was being converted. The silo base, located among the Moores’ garden, looks onto the property’s pond and breathtaking view of the Delaware Valley. The barn’s basement houses Jeff Moore’s pottery workshop space and kilns as well as stables that once held

cows. After Moore’s purchase and the barn’s conversion in 1986, the stables held llamas for 25 years. The open floor plan of the barn’s main area allows plenty of room for entertaining, music concerts, plays and even Pilates classes taught by Maggie Moore herself. In addition, it includes a kitchen, dining area and pantry as well as many houseplants growing along the original beams of

the barn and Moore’s pottery as decorations. The master bedroom looks out on the barn’s southward view and includes its own bathroom complete with a shower mosaic created by McAllister. The main hallway includes the washing machine and dryer’s closet as well as a storage closet. CONTINUED ON PAGE 15H

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Clockwise from above: The “third floor” of the barn sits above the space designated for the Moores’ baby grand piano. The third floor loft includes a hammock that can look out the Western window to see the beautiful country sunsets. Jeff Moore’s pottery decorates much of the barn, especially the area surrounding the staircase to the second floor. The stairs are designed to support the arch of a person’s foot as they climb up to the second floor. The main floor includes a kitchen space where the Moores’ prepare food from vegetables in the garden including tomatoes and kale. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13H

The guest bedroom, on the north side of the barn, offers guests a relaxing area complete with their own bathroom. The main hallway is completed with a sauna just inside the barn’s converted area right before the doorway to the garage.

“There’s no piping to the extremes of the barn,” Jeff Moore said. “We really wanted to keep the plumbing tight.” The barn’s floor plan took the water usage and piping of the house into consideration and made sure to center it within one central area of the house. The barn’s original use is part of the reason for the water usage

design, its three zone radiant heating system and its lack of windows on the north side of the house. By being conscious of those outside variables the Moores don’t have to worry about the pipes freezing and the windows bringing in the North wind, instead enjoying its comfortable temperature in the winter.

To get to the barn’s second floor guests travel up a staircase designed to fit the arch of a person’s bare foot. On the east side of the upstairs area, the Moores have their own office, reading nook and personal library looking like a picture from a movie or CONTINUED ON PAGE 17H

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Clockwise from above: The second floor living room offers an area to relax and watch TV amid various houseplants. The master bedroom includes its own bathroom and is only one area of the barn that offers a breathtaking view of the valley spreading out below Hess Rd. The barn’s main area also includes a dining area located next to the kitchen just before the main hallway that leads to the bedrooms, sauna and garage. A view from the second floor of Jeff Moore’s barn features the fireplace that was built from the remaining foundation of an older homestead found on his 250-acre property.

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painting. The west side offers a living room area, complete with a TV concealed in a cabinet made from the barn’s original exterior wood, as well as a music room with a baby grand piano. The west area of the barn also offers a unique “third

floor” loft including a hammock where the Moores can watch the sunsets from the barn’s westward window. And the barn is open for others to visit through Maggie Moore’s Pilates classes offered by appointment only. More information can be found at her website: www.pilates-at-the-barn.com.

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Moisten the prepared area and let the soil settle. You want the soil damp but not so wet that it causes the newly applied fertilizer to run off.

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Roughly four weeks after the seeds have started to grow, apply another round of fertilizer to replenish the top layer of soil with nutrients that may have washed away from the constant watering. Homeowners can employ a similar process to overseed a lawn in the hopes of producing a thicker, more attractive landscape. Any thatch and debris should be raked away, and the top layer of the lawn surface can be gently aerated. Top dress the lawn with a very thin layer of new soil and compost. Broadcast the seed over the prepared lawn and lightly rake the new seeds to help them settle into the soil. Apply fertilizer and water the lawn frequently to keep the new seeds moist. Once the seed has established itself, you can water the lawn for longer periods and less frequently to help develop strong roots. Wait for the lawn to reach a height of three to four inches before the first cut of the season. Many homeowners like to take on the challenge of seeding and preparing their lawns. But some may find the task is best left to the professionals.

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