It's Not Work, It's Gardening!

The stream rebuild project is coming along slowly. Lots of days where it was either way too hot, raining, or I was just too busy meant that...

It's been a few years coming, but I finally started the stream rebuild project a couple of weeks ago. It's been silent and dry (exce...

In general I'd say that I've been making decent progress on the garden projects this year. I've been out there at least a few ti...

You know I like to build things for my garden. You may also know that I like to upcycle, repurpose, reuse. Well the slightly cooler weather ...

So I made myself a new planter recently. Here it's shown with some plants still in containers to try and figure out what to plant here (...

Continuing with my permanent bamboo support project. Yesterday I got started by thinning out the grove and then sinking a few wooden posts ...

One of the first big bamboos I planted was Phyllostachys bissetii back in 2008 . It's along the edge of the driveway in back but is also...

Remember the copper trellis that I revitalized a couple of years ago by adding the mesh panels? Well, the temporary connectors (plastic...

The rose support has been built (well, almost finished) so you've seen the final design. As I've said I really didn't have a go...

I started building the rose support last week, and if you remember I did not have a final design in mind yet -- I only knew that I needed t...

I've been eager to jump into some of the projects in my garden that will require my woodworking abilities, and although I've dabbled...

Did you miss part 1 of my pond makeover ? Monday started with more bailing, and this is when it started getting really, well, crappy. I...

Yesterday I mentioned that the sight of my pond stopped me from continuing with my spring garden cleanup, and teased that today I would rev...

I've been working on a trio of trellises for a client. Thought you'd like to see what I came up with, even though they're not fo...

So many random things happen and fill up the phone storage, sometimes it's fun to just go back through and take a look at what I've ...

For the past few years I've planted elephant ears (Colocasia esculenta) in the cement planter next to the front door. I really like...

As you probably know I spend a lot of time in the workshop now, and I've had several ideas for projects for my own garden this summer. ...

Of the many projects that are on "my list" this spring, there's one that I've been putting off because it just seemed like...

A couple of weeks ago I introduced you to the Bayce , a plant container/stand that I make by hand here in St. Louis (and that you can own). ...

I told you that I've had three projects going recently and shown you the first ( Bayce ), the second ( my chair refurbish ), and now the...