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Showing posts with label water. Show all posts
Thursday, April 27, 2017

Backyard Project: 2 Different Roof Systems Serving 2 Different Purposes

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He looks like a ghost buster but he is a roof layer - a torchon roofer.  Nortek Exteriors  is back to install the same sort of roof...
Wednesday, April 19, 2017

My New Reliable Velocity Iron

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This is my old Reliable Velocity iron. It has been reliable but after 5 years I have worn it out. It is not worth repairing, the cost of w...
Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Rainy Season on Vancouver Island

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There are really only 2 seasons on Vancouver Island - the wet season and the dry season. Here are the dates of the first rain - th...
Sunday, October 2, 2016

Backyard Project - Moisture - Mulch - Mulberry

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Ron calibrating the moisture meter. When the rains stopped late June and our dry season began we had to start hand watering all of th...
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Backyard Project - Planting in the Gravel Bed Garden

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Gravel Bed garden The plants I planted a couple of months ago are thriving, confirming my design criteria for this bed will work. All...
Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Backyard Project - Sharing the Fruit and Other Ways of Encouraging Life in the Soil

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We have so enjoyed a small crop of figs off our newly planted trees but we left this one for the ants. The ants are working hard at break...
Sunday, September 18, 2016

Backyard Project: Soil Building verses Plant Growing

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Once all of the soil beds had a layer of mulch topped with a deep layer of straw I planted literally hundreds of seeds and waited. Patien...
Sunday, August 14, 2016

Cryosphere - Hydrosphere completed and out there

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Cryosphere II - Hydrosphere, 80"h x 50"w, machine sewing, dry felting, stuffing; nylon, polyester, net, cotton, beads, glitter,...