Building the greenhouse foundation (part 1)

by | Apr 10, 2007 | DIY

As announced, we began the task of framing out the foundation, but we have to apologize as we didn’t take nearly as many pictures as we should have.It turned out that the task of framing out a concrete base is not nearly as easy as one would think. Our ground is...

The concrete mixer works!

by | Apr 10, 2007 | DIY, Garden, Homesteading Life, House & Home

First thing this morning we checked out the concrete mixer we found in our cellar. It is an electric model that is looking rather aged on the outside, but the mixing bowl (no idea if that is really the name for it is nice and clean.The mixer is electric and after...

Building your own compost bin (part 1)

by | Apr 1, 2007 | DIY, Garden

This afternoon we started what we figured would be a pretty short and simple process. Of course any time you’re doing something for the first time, it tends to take a bit longer and be slightly more challenging than you expected. But I think we still managed to...

In the Garden on NOH

by | Apr 1, 2007 | DIY, Garden

Let’s face it not only does homegrown produce taste better, but there are more than a few good reasons to try to be as self reliant as possible: Cost: It costs mere pennies to grow your own produce. Good, fresh vegetables at the store are expensive and with the...

It’s container time!!

by | Mar 30, 2007 | DIY, House & Home

Today has been a long day around here. I had to wait for our garden trash container to be picked up and replaced with a regular trash container and since they didn’t come until about 2pm, I was very thankful that I ran all the errands I needed to on Wednesday so...

Need a project for the weekend?

by | Mar 30, 2007 | DIY

The DIY Network now has a collection of videos for those who are looking for rather quick weekend projects that you should be able to complete in 48 hours or less. One project that caught my eye is installing gutter guards outside which is something we’re going...