It's Not Work, It's Gardening!

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 ...

I thought I'd show you some updated photos of the rose support now that the plant has leafed out and blooming. I love having struc...

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

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

I've shown you the build of the rose support and the design process too, and I've had a chance to get the final bars on and the ro...

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...

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...

More "furniture" projects that I've been working on lately, the first of which has been a long time coming. Back in 2011 (the ...

The other day when I listed my planned garden projects for the summer , doing something with this trellis... ...was on the list. It ori...

The first project of the 2014 gardening season is a simple copper pipe trellis, and has been in planning since last year. Remember when I pl...

This being my first spring growing large-flowered Clematis, I'm pleasantly surprised at the vigor that even my weakest plants have shown...

I've mentioned before that when the weather cools off, I get the itch to build stuff. There are lots of things to do in the garden, like...

Three weeks or so ago I started a project that I've finally finished! Did you see the post where I dismantled the old box spring becaus...

Yesterday I posted the first half of an involved trellis project. I love vines, so I'm always looking for spaces for them to grow in my...

In a recent post I mentioned that a certain view of my yard might be changing after a project I had planned for the weekend. Well, that pro...

In yesterday's post about the vines, I showed a photo of a copper pipe trellis I created that has what I consider to be a really attract...

I grow several different types of flowering vines , and most of them have no trouble climbing on their own. Spanish flag vine, cypress vine,...

Continuing my pledge to pay more attention to the edibles in my garden this year with the goal of getting a respectable crop of goodies to e...