Testing out level of the tub with the stringer
Testing out level of the tub with the stringer Note that I started this post in June. The bathroom remodel was done in July. Testing the floor tyle layout Testing the tyle laout 4 mil plastic sheeting behind cement board as vapor barrier Cement board hung Cement board goes up 66 inches from tub Chalking [...]
Front door and closet door
Last January we bought supplies from Lowe’s to redo a bathroom. I decided we should replace the door, since it was crappy. This then turned into replacing all the interior doors, and Clare decided to go ahead and throw on the exterior doors too. We got the exterior doors done in February and March (thanks [...]
Spencer and Rob pushing the wheelbarrow
Spencer has been quite helpful lately. The last couple weeks we have spent a fair amount of time getting ready for winter. We took out the garden about a week ago, and this past weekend I raked a bunch of leaves, and winterized the swamp cooler. Spencer likes to try out whatever tool I am [...]
7 pints of apple butter, and 4 half-pints of hot pepper jelly
Yesterday we did some canning. Last weekend I picked a little over 1 bushel of apples from the apple tree in our backyard. This was very impressive, since last year we had none. There actually were apples on the tree last year, but we think the squirrels ate them all. It is possible that the [...]
Harvest from the garden – various tomatoes, patty pan squash, hot peppers, and cucumbers
Our garden has been doing pretty well this year. Today I harvested a bunch of tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, and hot peppers. We have gotten about 2 dozen cucumbers this year, from only two plants. We have been using them in various salads, as well as making cucumber lemon water. We planted a variety of different [...]
