Some shots of the progress of the random Tomato seeds. I had spread them haphazardly around the planter box I had built as I assumed I was past season… Just an experiment to see how they would do down in the planter boxes, since the ones on the deck were not doing so great. Here Read more »
Category Archives: Dragonfly Den
Back Yard Poultry
Curious, what are the poultry laws for Colwood, BC? Does any one local know about backyard poultry? More specifically, does any one know if having chickens in your back yard in Colwood BC is allowed? Or know of any sites that might give information on the subject? I found an site that mentions Bylaw_92-189, 2 & Read more »
Moving the Patio Swing
It’s been super lovely out today, so I have been taking advantage of that fact. A bunch of yard work later and I was inspired. So I took the patio swing off the patio (dismantled and put it back together) and moved it down to the lawn. I decided that I didn’t want the swing Read more »
Tree’s get a trim
Our trees got a bit of a makeover this year to help bring in the sunshine to the front yard. They’re here! After the initial introductions, and a walk through to show them the area’s I was interested in have pruned, they got right to it. Trimming the trees along the drive way to help Read more »
Camellia blossoms
Squeeee! One of the tree’s, a white Camellia apparently, that the prior owners had left seems to like the location I put it in. It is blooming! The other Camellia tree, at the other end of the yard, has not yet graced me with blossoms. I may consider moving it next season. I’ll give it Read more »
Yard picspam
Some pictures of the yards as they are right now. Back yard. In dire need of a mowing, which I am heading out to do after I post this.. You can also kind of see one of the planter boxes I started to dismantle, along the fence line.. I have hopes of doing a long Read more »
Transplanting has begun
Thursday it was a semi sunny day for once so I spent quite a bit of time out side in the yard finally. Some debris clean up (that’s never ending) and starting on some needed transplanting. I swept off the patio and planted the shamrocks and begonia in a container up there before starting on Read more »
Here’s to a beautiful 2011
As you can imagine outdoor projects have been scarce due to the fall/winter months. But we are getting closer to spring every day. I will be working on out door projects again soon. I haven’t been a total slacker during the winter though.. you can check out the projects I spent the winter working on Read more »
Fence line raised beds
Inspired by @awildcelticrose, and still buried in scrap wood, I decided to build some raised planter beds along the driveway/fence line in August. I found the size boards I needed in the scrap pile and started to assemble boxes. I worked on them in a span of a few days due to weather (It was Read more »
No outdoor adventures yet
Well, that’s not entirely true I did do a bunch of outside projects in between adventures in visit land recently, but I have not stopped long enough from life’s ups and downs to get my thoughts together and post anything yet. I will say that there was a lot of raised bed building, and I Read more »
Rock Wall Raised Bed
We had ordered a few garden ties at the same time as the shed. So, this Friday I spent some time getting things prepped and together for our rock wall raised bed plan. I used bolts to attach the ties together and a stake to keep the corners in place. Once the load of dirt Read more »
Garden Shed
The Garden Shed I had purchased from Rona arrived on July 6th *yay* Immediately after the guy brought it to us we started to put it together . *grins* Look at all those sharp bits *wibble* It was pretty intimidating at first glance. I figuredout their system and lined everything up before I got all Read more »
