Saturday, January 4, 2014

new year, new list....

So, the deck is fixed. All that needs to be done is to clean and apply a stain/sealer. Can't do that until it's dry and just a bit warmer than 35 degrees.

Here we are in a new year. The house is done, the shop is roofed....but, wait, there's still a wishlist of things to be done.

This year, some of the things we want to accomplish.....
Finish the fence the rest of the way. We just have a gate on one side and about 40' with a couple of gates on the other, to have a completely fenced, hopefully deer resistant yard. We made huge progress on that today with a field trip to home depot. Our little impulse buy resulted in a 6'chain link panel that will make a great garden side gate, another couple of panels that will be the gate by the dog kennel, and the posts that we will need to finish. Why not.....now all we need to finish is another roll of chain link. Hopefully that will at least slow the deer down.  They're eating machines.....

some other projects.....
build a stone patio, fire pit, and bbq table along side the house. We'll have to level the area and get the stones, but we already have the firepit, and we'll use the leftover tile from the fireplace to make the bbq table.

finish painting the shop and the pump house.

build a dry stream bed in the back corner of the lot where nothing will grow because it turns into a swamp when it rains.

build a grape arbor along the fence, a copper trellis for the sweet peas, and some permanent supports for tomatoes in the raised beds.

Get the pump for the cistern up and working so that we can water the garden with rainwater...the original plan.

Clean and stain the deck...

somehow score a couple of loads of woodchips to mulch the front and back flower beds.

PHEW! I'm tired already! I'm SURE there will be more, but that's a pretty good start.
The thing about gardening is that it's constantly evolving.
I'll leave y'all with some pics of the yard the way it is today......we've made quite a bit of progress. I can hardly WAIT for spring! This was last may, the landscapers had just started.....


 
here we are today....winter and all....



 

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