2 home improvement stores later….

    Apr 11, 2007 | DIY, Garden

    Well, the morning started pretty much like yesterday – home improvement stores. Going back to Hornbach we were pretty disheartened about the prospect of building our gravel paths. They will turn out to be too darn expensive. Also, it turned out that now that we...

    Building tomato stands

    Apr 10, 2007 | DIY, Garden

    Since we’re in full gardening mode here, I was just thinking about the possibility of building our own tomato stands. We have tons of scrap wood around here so we’re thinking something like this would be quite practical. The height is a bit strange so we...

    Plans for tomorrow

    Apr 10, 2007 | DIY, Garden

    When we bought the framework for the greenhouse foundation today, we also ordered 35 bags of cement to be delivered. They told us we could have it delivered on Thursday but we’ve been playing with the idea of picking it up ourselves in the Defender. It would...

    Hubby’s new toy

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

    We started our fun filled week of gardening at the local home improvement store, where we picked up the dozens of things we need to build the greenhouse. Among them was a miter saw, which we will need to build various things around the farm. Hubby already had a jig...

    Building the greenhouse foundation (part 1)

    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!

    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...