We may be done our rock walls, but we do have a few more walls to build. The remaining walls will all be built out of stack stone, which are much easier to build, though not much less labour in getting them to the location in the yard that we have to take them to….
Category: DIY
Oma’s Rhubarb Cake
Technically, this is someone else’s recipe from their Oma. But, I had an Oma, and I made some variations to the original recipe, so I am rolling with the “Oma’s Rhubarb Cake” name. The original recipe that I found for this was very basic. It lacked spices, though it did seem to get a lot…
Gran’s Earl Grey Rhubarb Topper
This ode to Gran celebrates the memories of rhubarb and tea. The recipe calls for chopped rhubarb, sugar, strong brewed Earl Grey tea, lemon, salt, and liquid pectin. After boiling the mixture and achieving the desired consistency, it can be used as topping for various dishes.
Rhubarb Jelly
Delicate and Flavorful Rhubarb Jelly for Toast and Pairing Ideas
Weed Killer Cover Up – The sequel
Using lumber tarp paper over commercial chemical weed killers to reduce weeded areas while landscaping.
Dig, Dog, Dug
Our big project for this spring is putting in a pool. As mentioned before, we can’t handle the hotter and hotter summers, so we are going to combat it the way everyone else seems to…with a pool! It just a simple above-ground pool that we can setup in the yard. However, if you have been…
More Landscaping
Though we are definitely on the tail end of the landscaping to the backyard, there is still a bit to go before we get to just enjoy maintaining the yard. The terracing and building of rock walls was by far the biggest part of our landscaping adventure, but now we want to be able to…
Garden Planning
As usual, I started planning where all the garden plants were going to be planted. This planning always starts in the cold weather when snow still blankets the ground and I am dreaming of the garden and all the delicious fruits and vegetables that I will have at my fingertips soon enough. Well, I completely…
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays, whichever way you celebrate, we hope that you have had a good time spent with family and friends. I have been overly neglectful of the blog in the last few months. It always seems that as soon as the garden and yard projects wind down, the shop hobbies pick right…
October Comparisons
How did our October stack up compared to our 2022 October growth? Good in some areas and lacking in others. No surprise there. There was definitely a difference in the weather from October 2022 to October 2023. The temperature was quite a bit warmer with a lot more days of sunshine. This October was quite…
JK Building The Dream 