by Daisy | Jan 10, 2012 | Crafts, Woodworking
After I built a sawbuck I was watching a movie. In front of a remote woodland cabin in the Russian wilderness was a sawbuck. I never would have noticed it before I had my own. I’ll probably start seeing them everywhere now. It was the same when I built a...
by Daisy | Sep 6, 2011 | Crafts, Woodworking
Damaged in a storm many years ago, this oak caught just the right wind one dark night recently and now is no more. We kept the lumber and are trying to make the most of it. This tree stood here for a hundred years and has meant a lot to our family for the last sixty...
by Daisy | Aug 26, 2011 | Crafts, Woodworking
A place to sit is what turns your garden into a destination, a place to linger, a respite from the daily grind. Seating transforms your yard into a parklike oasis where you can soak in the beauty of what you’ve labored to create. It also allows you to seat your...
by Daisy | Apr 25, 2011 | Crafts, Woodworking
You know that awful “Yikes!” feeling you get when you realize you’ve just yanked the hose over a nice bed of lettuce or seedling tomatoes? The other day I was looking at some leftover spindles from a porch rail project and decided to use them to...
by Daisy | Mar 14, 2011 | Crafts, Woodworking
In the “they don’t make ’em like they used to” category, I include the home center shovel. Like this one: So I decided to make a dibble. Funny word. If you don’t know what a dibble is, it’s a stick used to make planting holes,...
by Daisy | Feb 16, 2011 | Crafts, Woodworking
I’ve been whiling away part of the winter planning my Spring garden and whittling these plant markers. If you think you might like to make some, here’s what I did. Find a stick. Any stick will do, from the size of a fat kindergarten pencil to about an...
