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Greenhouse is Starting Construction

5 September 2009
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Two weekends ago had Papa in a rented backhoe digging a very big hole. Naturally, it rained for two days after digging. Mr. B and Miss Chief had a blast sliding in the mud and the dogs brought in enough of it to fill a vacuum bag. I received the Permit from our Regional Building [...]

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Building Two Raised Beds

25 July 2009
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Amidst all of our construction planning (greenhouse & garage thing), I’ve been considering the patio layout. Papa and a friend are going to pour it themselves, which should be interesting. Because the patio is HUGE, I want to break it up a little with some planting areas. In the interest of directing traffic, I’d also [...]

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Paving the Driveway and Patio Areas

17 July 2009
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Our garage currently pops you out onto subsoil for our driveway. We have erosion problems that might be corrected by the creation of a berm this summer but Papa wants to bring in road base and pour a 25′ pad. (Our driveway is around 100′.) The backyard is a wasteland of volunteer plants even though [...]

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