About Me:
love woodworking, being outdoors improving my yard and maybe someone else's
Favorite area of home improvement:
any place I can
Recent Activity
Exteriors: I need a suggestion for a mailbox . It's a road side country type on a post..
It has to be on a sturdy post. the house siding is cedar and its coco brown.
Things in my backyard..Waterfalls, streams, pondless waterfalls, Fish ponds. Installed by Gem Ponds
After a long day of building, I like to come home and walk the grounds and unwind.
okay here is something new
Okay I got this idea from 1 of my planters I was making, I call this my BEER SPA and would like feed back from anyone about it. Right now it's a proto type I know other things I can do
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Commentedlike I said it's a proto type ... now the bench idea sounds pretty good and yes after I took ...»
Keeping Raccoons out of the pond...
I have a pond, and like most people, also have fish. But, did not realize how BAD Raccoons are..I have been "hit" twice, and the loss is devistating if you take pride in your fish like I do. They will come in and "take a bath, while eating sushi". So, we built a cage top for our pond. our pond is small, so this was easier to do, but the same idea can be used for somewhat bigger ponds. This cover was made from bambo stakes and chicken wire, with zip-ties to hold it together. I can
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Commentedlol at the cat bed ........... my rotten cats would be doing the same thing. Been thinking ...»
updated mailbox / planter combo
Okay I finished it was almost going to use shingles on it but as you can see I didn't. It's sealed up pretty good for weather to keep mail dry. Now someone needs to seal it to protect it whom ever the buyer is ............ maybe you ???
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Commentedthanks I keep trying hoping that some day I can sell some of my stuff. But I'm a wood junkie / ...»
mailbox / planter combo
I'm trying something a little new, the base is western red cedar love that wood, plus mailbox and planter are made out of cypress. I know still have to finish the roof will update after,
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Same here! you're off to a great start :)
Need helpful advice on winterizing a koi pond
My husband built the small koi pond you see in the pictures (and from the previous post I shared) earlier this year when our Bassett Hound passed away in her memory. We have thoroughly enjoyed it. But now, as summer is nearing fall, we have a lot of questions about what we need to do to winterize it. Will we need a heater? Do we run the fountain all winter? Do we remove the plants? Will the water lily survive over winter...etc. etc. etc.! We live in Tennessee, so our winters are
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Commentedthat's an awesome idea using landscape timbers, I may have to steal that / borrow it. Goggle ...»
update on backyard arbor
Almost done couple more little things to do. All the clamps are there to hold in place, because I made this a 3 piece unit/kit and easier to take to there house. It's 7ft tall x 5ft wide
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just a few things i finished today and started
The bench is an extra wood leftover, so I am doing it for the parents of the big planter I did last week, the mailbox is for my house, and had a friend that wanted an arbor built so I
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Commented$65.00 less shipping.ANYONE off hometalk will get a killer mailbox, I'll even go an extra mile ...»