Bungalow '23: An Arts & Crafts home improvement journal

Cheapskate Gardening: Addition By Division

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

I have posted a lot about the garden and landscaping lately, but there are other things going on here, too. Before I cover any of the other stuff, though, Ms. Bungalow insisted I write a post on her fabulous work improving the little landscaping berm in the backyard. What makes ...

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 ...

Shoots and Blooms

Friday, May 16th, 2008

After taking out the trash on a recent morning, I snapped these photos of the first leaves and flowers to reappear in the garden this spring.  Enjoy!