So for the back, I'm actually using the stain the way it was intended - as a light gray. It looks nice, I think. One section finished, only five more to go!
Monday, June 17, 2024
Started on the Back Railing
So for the back, I'm actually using the stain the way it was intended - as a light gray. It looks nice, I think. One section finished, only five more to go!
Finally Finished the Front Railing
So interesting story about the railing. I bought a light gray stain for the raw wood of the railing. Of course it took a while before I was able to get to this project. Once I started, though, I opened the can and found this amazing blue gray oil. I loved it! I felt like one of those designers on a fancy TV show. I'm not adventurous. I would never have chosen this color, but wow, it looked so beautiful on the wood. I got 3/4 of the way through my staining and then I dipped the paintbrush into the stain and pulled out - GRAY! What? Then it dawned on me that I didn't shake the can of stain. It had separated and I had only been using the oil on the top! Haha! So I ordered another can and left it sitting for a couple of months. Today I had the time and opened the can to find exactly what I wanted - separated paint! Haha! Today I finished staining the railing with that beautiful, fancy, blue gray stain that I love! :) <3
Sunday, June 16, 2024
Tomato Progress
I tell Kai he has to wait till July for tomatoes. That doesn't mean he doesn't ask me every day, "Any tomatoes yet?" :) They are coming, buddy!
Saturday, June 15, 2024
Mulch FINALLY finished!
This has been the LONGEST project!
We had some dirt and mulch delivered on March 11th. Slowly but surely Joseph and I got the left side done (the bed with all of the native plants).Today we finally finished the right side - the side with the elder berry, four baby pine trees, five sweet shrubs, and a bunch of rhododendrons. We had left it for so long there were so many TALL weeds. So Joseph and I pulled weeds and then dumped mulch. Finally on Saturday we finished "the hill" as we called it, and then blocked the area around the new shrubs and trees with cardboard and then mulch. We had down some edging so we could use edger and have less weeding to do.
So tired! So hot! But FINISHED!! Wahoo!
Friday, June 14, 2024
Plestiodon fasciatus
What a cool skink! I saw it when I was shoveling mulch today. The blue on the tail was just electric! It was so cool to see!Also known as a Blue-tailed skink or American five-lined skink
Flowers Around the Park
Flowers around the Park:
(I will add to this list)
Dense Blazing Star
Wild Carrot & Black Eyed Susans growing wild next to the house
Can't forget the wonderful tomato!!
Great Mullein
Butterfly Weed
Larkspur
Prairie Coneflower
Re Bree Wren Honeysuckle
New Jersey Tea
Black eyed Susan
Echinacea
Echinops Ritro
Ranunculus
Aster
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