Installed 150’ of french drain around the vegetable garden and stone path to prevent the annual washing away of all the mulch / flooding with the spring rain. Huge effort.
Making lemonade out of lemons after we lost an oak tree in a wind storm. Made a list play area for the kids out of large pieces of the tree.
Quick half day project to make a pair of planter boxes for either side of the driveway.
Watched a tree fall in a wind storm while taking lunch. 75’ tall, ~23” diameter a couple feet off the ground. In good health from what I could tell. Ground was super saturation from a month of constant heavy rain. Salvaged the wood to make a woodland playground for the kids.
Made a bomb-proof gardening table from scraps.
Found a cast iron bench abandoned in the woods. Restored it to glory.
Helped Virginia and Peggy restore a small cast iron garden bench for kids. I just did the wood bits.
The knobs on my Walnut Dresser kept coming loose. I remade custom handles with walnut, with two threaded insert bolts each so they won’t come loose.
Just a simple sandbox for the kids mad from 2x6s. When they grow out of it, will make a great garden bed.
Fence is old and lots of poles are rotted and collapsing at the base. Replaced 22/82. More to come in the future. Got a big pole pounder to drive in galvanized steel poles 42” into the ground, without concrete.