Archive for the ‘Projects’ Category
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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