Bungalow '23: An Arts & Crafts home improvement journal

Archive for the ‘Projects’ Category

Mortar in Hand

Friday, June 27th, 2008

After some play time in a nearby park, the boys and I stopped by the hardware store to get the supplies I'll need to tuckpoint the wingwall for the old back steps. The thing I love about a good local hardware store is that I know the people there well enough ...

Defencing

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Here's another project that got a bit bigger than I was expecting. I have a lovely "Josephine" clematis that I want to plant between the backyard gate and the house as a replacement for grapevine that has been growing there. This is an unusual spot where a small deck is ...

Raising The Garden, Part III

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Finished. That's a word I don't get to say or write often enough around here. At least not without conditions like "finished for today" or "finished part 'x' of much larger project 'y'." But today, I can say that the raised garden bed project is really completely finished. In Part ...

Raising The Garden, Part II

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Work on the raised garden bed continues, but isn't finished yet. Since my last post, I have finished framing the fence rails and applied two coats of forest green solid color stain to all the new lumber. I have also begun to work on the soil improvement, though ...

Raising The Garden

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

The calendar reads May, but I have already "raised" all my summer garden vegetables. That's because I spent my Saturday project time building up the garden plot. I took on this project for two reasons: the corner posts were no longer strong enough to properly support the chicken wire ...