katlupe
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Gettin' some great weather
Built a couple planter boxes for the two currant bushes we're gonna get at the nursery
I was going to secure some verticals in the corners for stability, but decided to just toenail some screws to the bottom frames
Planty secure
Good thing too
I barely had enough screws
Thought it was a box of 100
Got my readers on, and the box says 76 pcs by weight
We could have just dug up the huge currant bushes up at the cabin, but the wild currants have zero taste
The domesticated red currants are full of flavor
Tomorrow I'll place them and carve a slot outa the hill side to level
Then lay some mesh, throw in the soil.......and voila ...more berries in a few months
Built a couple planter boxes for the two currant bushes we're gonna get at the nursery
I was going to secure some verticals in the corners for stability, but decided to just toenail some screws to the bottom frames
Planty secure
Good thing too
I barely had enough screws
Thought it was a box of 100
Got my readers on, and the box says 76 pcs by weight
We could have just dug up the huge currant bushes up at the cabin, but the wild currants have zero taste
The domesticated red currants are full of flavor
Tomorrow I'll place them and carve a slot outa the hill side to level
Then lay some mesh, throw in the soil.......and voila ...more berries in a few months
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Funny thing
Took me all day and a goodly part of another to build these
two simple planter boxes
A year or so ago, it'd taken about a couple hours
This AMD has made life interesting
Simple things become quite tedious
quite the challenge
Tough to find the predrilled hole with the screw
then, once found, and hand screwed into the hole
I must hold the head of the screw with two fingers
in order to feel the driver bit connect
Life gets interesting
Took me all day and a goodly part of another to build these
two simple planter boxes
A year or so ago, it'd taken about a couple hours
This AMD has made life interesting
Simple things become quite tedious
quite the challenge
Tough to find the predrilled hole with the screw
then, once found, and hand screwed into the hole
I must hold the head of the screw with two fingers
in order to feel the driver bit connect
Life gets interesting
OK
That was yesterday
Couldn't find any red currants at the local nurseries
Settled on Gooseberry bushes
Self pollenating so I could spread them out a bit
Gonna mow tomorrow
I have found, with every malady, comes an adjustment
I wait 'til the sun casts a shadow on the grass, of which defines the cut from the uncut
Raised bed prep
My lady gets sorely tempted to plant when a false summer front blows in
The locals know nothing, and they mean NOTHING should be planted before June 15
So, she fiddles with the soils and certain bulbs here and there
Me, I'm the mower
and toter of heavy things
Again, I have no complaints in regard to mowing weeds this time of year
My lady gets sorely tempted to plant when a false summer front blows in
The locals know nothing, and they mean NOTHING should be planted before June 15
So, she fiddles with the soils and certain bulbs here and there
Me, I'm the mower
and toter of heavy things
Again, I have no complaints in regard to mowing weeds this time of year
The garden shed is doing it's job
It contains all the tools, the summer fans in winter, ladders, potting containers, other stuff, and even the mower
Glad I built it a couple/three years ago
Not unhappy with it
I even like the plum tree runners finding their way up the garden shed wall
That little corner pretty well hides the trash cans of mill ends and other somewhat hideous stuff
It contains all the tools, the summer fans in winter, ladders, potting containers, other stuff, and even the mower
Glad I built it a couple/three years ago
Not unhappy with it
I even like the plum tree runners finding their way up the garden shed wall
That little corner pretty well hides the trash cans of mill ends and other somewhat hideous stuff
This summer will be 'the project'
To plant the Virginia creepers in the arbor planters, and lure them to wend their way throughout that less than attractive arbor
I've also gotta dress up the alleyway with some planters..or....something
That little screened box was our solar dryer
Got an electric one (too many earwigs making their way thru the screen)
My handyman bud loves the design (sliding trays)
He doesn't rave over much, so it was quite the compliment coming from him
I'm giving it to him
Sez it will be great for his crops
(medicinal 'herbs')
Summer is coming
No complaints
Gained 6 lbs over winter
Sorry about the typos
My eyes are pretty much shot feom the sunny day
To plant the Virginia creepers in the arbor planters, and lure them to wend their way throughout that less than attractive arbor
I've also gotta dress up the alleyway with some planters..or....something
That little screened box was our solar dryer
Got an electric one (too many earwigs making their way thru the screen)
My handyman bud loves the design (sliding trays)
He doesn't rave over much, so it was quite the compliment coming from him
I'm giving it to him
Sez it will be great for his crops
(medicinal 'herbs')
Summer is coming
No complaints
Gained 6 lbs over winter
Sorry about the typos
My eyes are pretty much shot feom the sunny day
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No
But Chopping Mauler rings a bell
My infamous weapon of choice;
Destroyed a lot of timber with that device
Meanderer
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Sliverfox
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Will easy enough to cover those strawberries with old news papers or a tarp.
My little berry patch .
My little berry patch .
StarSong
Awkward is my Superpower
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Your gardens are very impressive!