Recently I finished a scrappy quilt aka crazy quilt. I had started it over a year ago and worked on it on and off hand sewing each 12″ square before hand embroidering them. Each square was then put on a 12″ piece of backing and scrap batting and tied before being sewn into rows and [...]
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Scrappy Quilt
February 6th, 2008 · No Comments
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Not a Totally Wasted Season
November 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments
It was very hard not to get depressed this summer every time I looked outside. By the time I was able to get back outside after my surgery the drought was in full swing. My rain barrels helped some but when there is no rain coming for weeks on end empty barrels don’t do much [...]
Tags: Blackberries · Critters · Figs · Flowers · Fruit · Projects · Raspberries · Roses · Tomatoes · Weather
Don’t throw away that old hose!
May 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Recycle it into a soaker hose. I was needing a soaker hose for a couple of beds. The plan was to put it under some mulch to keep it out of site and cut down on the evaporation. I decided to make one and built a quick and easy tool to help speed things up. [...]
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Anatomy of a Rain Barrel
May 20th, 2007 · 12 Comments
While I was at a local Farm supply store a couple of weeks ago I saw that they had a lot of 60 gallon plastic barrels for sale at $7.50 each. These had food in them originally and came in black, orange and light blue. I made a mental note and went about by business. [...]
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PDIU – Drip Irrigation on the Cheap
May 18th, 2007 · 3 Comments
I would love to have the entire yard and garden set up on drip irrigation. It would save water, energy and time but unfortunately I can’t afford the initial cost. I have about 200′ of hose that reaches almost anywhere in the yard that I want to go. For the few plants that I can’t [...]
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A Kiwi Trellis
May 13th, 2007 · 7 Comments
Finished at last. I’ve been working on this bad boy for about three weeks. First weekend I set the treated posts in cement. The following weekend I cut the strips out of the cedar siding K. gave me when she moved. The weekend after that I took a break to finish the picnic table and [...]
What Can You Do With A Bottemless Planter?
May 6th, 2007 · No Comments
Make a hose container of course. This cast off redwood planter (actually 2 of them stuck together) was destined for the dump had it not been picked up by T. last fall. It wasn’t bottomless at the time but I could tell that the bottom wasn’t long for this world. I set it aside, figuring [...]