Garden

• Trailer Shed

  We love our trailer but compared to others on the site it was lacking that little something that all the other lots had.

• Shed Roof Makeover

  Our daughter is looking to sell her house and the shed in the back garden needed a bit of love. One side had definitely seen better days.

• Trailer Deck Gates

  At our trailer we have a lovely large deck with two stairs that are wide open. It wasn’t a problem before we got the puppy, but now we really need a closed in deck to let her run araound

• Side Passage Gate

  We got a puppy and so it was time to close off the backyard. After some discussion we went with a design based upon farm gates.

• Workshop Reorganization 2

  Next step of the reorg (see part 1) is to rip out the old mismatched shelves and put some thing more practical in its place. Rather than more shelves I wanted to try out French Cleats instead. Instead of explaining it here, take a look at the french cleat wikipedia article instead. Got it? Good.

• Replace Screen Door

  The door to the sun room literally fell apart during last winter, and there’s really not much point in having a screened in room if there’s no screen in the door.

• Garden Shed Door Step

  A few years ago we built one of those garden sheds from a box. It turned out great but I never got around to giving it a proper step.

• Water Always Flows Downhill

  Last winter we had a lot of snow followed by a quick melt. This combination lead a to a lot of water flowing down the side of the house and forming a lake in the back patio. I needed to get a pump to clear it.

• Workshop Reorganization 1

  When we brought the house one of the previous owners had erected a large workshop in the back garden, about the size of a 3 car garage. Of course, the first thing we did when we moved in was to fill it full of old furniture, christmas decs and various tat.

• Chicken Coop Update

  Over the summer we have added 6 more chicks to our little band and the single nesting box was looking like it be inadequate once the chicks grew into hens.

• Chicken Vest

  Here’s a story with a happy ending and it involves chickens.

• Window

  Here’s a window that Sue made on a course last year. It’s been sitting in the shed for, um, a while, and finally it was time to hang it up.

• Chicken Coop VIII

  So time has passed and the chickens have settled in nicely into their pen. Well, as long as you count eating all the grass and stamping the dirt down into a hard surface settling in nicely. Which would be fine in the summer but tended to become a sticky bog in the rains.

• Chicken Coop VII

  The big day arrived! The chickens laid their first egg today. And here it is

• Garden Labels From Cans

  One of the problems we have in the garden is labelling the plants. After a season or two the permanent marker just fades away, no matter what we try to write it on. We have a lot of plants with blank labels and not much will to keep overwriting the writing every year.

• Chicken Coop VI

  Ok, this is getting to be a habit, but here’s another thing that’s been complete for a few weeks before I get around to putting the pictures up.

• Chicken Coop IV

  Ok, well that took a little longer than expected to get the coop done. I completely forgot that May is the busiest time of year for opening the garden and the pool so lots of distractions.

• Chicken Coop III

  The four walls are made of a 3/8” plywood sandwich with insulation styrofoam in the middle. Hopefully that will keep the chickens warm in winter. Here are the walls tacked together with some undercoat on them.

• Chicken Coop II

  The chicken coop continues on. Three of the main walls are completed and waiting for me to buy the insulation. The walls are double 3/4” plywood with 1 1/2” Styrofoam sandwiched between them. Hopefully that should keep the birds toasty when the snow lays thick all around.

• The Chicken Coop Starts Here

  During the winter we decided it was time to get some chickens. Partly for the eggs and partly because Sue really needs to to nurture some fluffy animals and we most definitely have enough cats.

• Fresh Strawberries

  This has been a record year for our strawberry bed. Usually we get a bowl of smallish berries but this year we’ve had bowlfuls of luscious berries.