How to Build a Carpenter Bee Trap. This post may contain affiliate links.
View our disclosure. I’ve done a lot to attract bees to my garden – planting flowers that they like, building them houses, etc. Food Storage Shelf - DIY Projects. Preparation Instructions: Fill all holes with wood filler and let dry.
Apply additional coats of wood filler as needed. When wood filler is completely dry, sand the project in the direction of the wood grain with 120 grit sandpaper. Vacuum sanded project to remove sanding residue. Remove all sanding residue on work surfaces as well. TUFTEX Deck Drain - PVC Underdeck Drainage System. Before Installing TUFTEX DeckDrain After Installing TUFTEX DeckDrain Installation Instructions TUFTEX DeckDrain Instructions for Installations Along Joists [PDF] [Web Page] TUFTEX DeckDrain Instructions for Installations Across Joists [PDF] [Web Page] TUFTEX DeckDrain Quick Tips Video on YouTube TUFTEX DeckDrain Installation Details Video on YouTube.
PVC Strawberry Tower, Vertical PVC Strawberry Planter. A PVC strawberry tower is an innovative way to grow lots of strawberry plants on a small plot of ground.
This strawberry planter would work well on a patio or deck. And if used in a greenhouse, you could be picking your strawberries before the outside strawberries are even blooming. It's a fun way to grow strawberries, too! Question: How Many Strawberry Plants Can You Grow on One Square Foot of Ground? Answer: If you’re planting in the ground, you can grow exactly one strawberry plant on a square foot of ground. DIY Potting Bench Plans. Do you wash your garden produce on the lawn with a hose?
Or transplant seedlings on top of your picnic table, or on your knees in the garden? If so, this DIY potting bench will make your gardening chores easier and faster. How to Build a Storage Shed for Garden Tools. Tools and Materials:(This material list is for a 4’ x 10’ shed) circular saw and a miter saw finish nailer and a framing nailer with galvanized nails level and tape measure safety glasses shims four 10-foot pressure-treated 4x6 beamsten 5/4” x 6” decking boards20 boards of pressure-treated 2x4x815 boards of pressure-treated 1x4x8five sheets T1-11 sidingtwo sheets of 1/2” CDX plywood one bundle shingles (preferably to match your house)one roll roofing paperone 36” pre-hung exterior door and lockset four cement foundation blocks Steps: 1.
How to Build a Garden Tools Shed. Lesson Plans - Growing Minds. Great lesson plans make any new classroom project a cinch!
Over the years, Growing Minds has developed Farm to School activities that incorporate state and national curriculum. Teachers are currently using these plans throughout Southern Appalachia and beyond. Don't see what you need? Have a lesson you’re willing to share? Covered Greenhouse Garden. While we're waiting for our fence to suntan before we stain it, I took on another outdoor project this weekend.
Yep, it's Garden 2013! And there's a reason for the Oregon Trail look, I promise. Since we've moved here, we've had some windy nights and some CRAZY 30 mph windy nights. On top of that, the neighbors all comment on the foggy summers. So to help my future tomatoes out, I decided to build them a little green house to protect them from the wind and to elevate the temperature during the colder days. THE HOMESTEAD CISTERN. Tips for building a homestead cistern, including the cost and types of cisterns available.
Whether your well has just gone dry and you need a new (and preferably low-cost) source of water . . . or that sprig you've been drawing from doesn't always produce as much as you (or your animals) would like . . . or you've grown tired of the taste of city water . . . you'll want to see what Penny and Lou Kujawinski (authors of the following article) have to say about their homestead cistern and how they collect and store rainwater for homestead use. Have you ever looked at a pretty piece of land but hesitated to buy the property because it lacked water? (Quite often, an otherwise-attractive parcel of land that has no well, pond, stream, or spring will be priced so low that you may be tempted to buy the tract anyway.) How to Know Whether a Cistern is "Right" for You Cisterns won't work for everybody.
. [1] You must live in an area that gets plenty of rain. Dry stack block surface bonded concrete block walls used for HTMs. Dry stack concrete block (cinder block) technique uses surface bonding cement (SBC) instead of mortar for high thermal mass walls that are actually stronger than conventionally laid block walls.
Only the first course is bedded in grout on the footer to establish plumb and level for the wall. The rest of the dry stack block courses are laid without need for any mortar between the cinder blocks. This building method has been around for well over a century, so it is nothing new or really even very unique in commercial buildings. SBC was formulated to build million gallon municipal cisterns for water storage.
The original SBC recipe used horse hair for the structural fibers. Blocks need not be of any special design. Please note that solid, poured in place, concrete walls are just as effective, but forming and pouring is outside the skill level of most people. With any surface bonding cement, conventional mortared block, or poured-in-place cement wall, it is key to note: Concrete block cistern. 2500 gallon Concrete Block Cistern The blocks are concrete (not pumice) and are filled with concrete and reinforced with 1/2 inch rebar. The bottom is a 5 inch thick concrete pad.
Homestead Advisor. Garden Gate Magazine. At your local hardware store, pick up the items in the materials list below along with a medium-grit abrasive pad and a pipe cutter. An inexpensive pipe cutter will slice pieces to the right size, but be sure it can cut through pipe more than 1 inch in diameter. How To Make Newspaper Seed Pots. Okay, this is my new favorite project. I’m so excited to share it with you! It’s easy, it’s practical, and it’s just so very Earth-friendly.
¡Qué bueno! Fellow farmers, this is hands-down the best way to start your spring seeds indoors. These individual containers are the perfect size for a sprout, and come garden time, there’s no stressful transplanting. Spread out a full sheet of newspaper and then carefully split it in half, along the crease. Take one of the halves and carefully split it in half again, along the other crease.
HowTo make a Soil Block Maker for Seed Starting. By Steve on February 7, 2012 One of the best things about running this blog and podcast, is the cool creations I am shown by listeners and gardening friends. ( Click on the Photo to see a larger version of the photo) Homemade Soil Block Tool. Simple Squash Trellis. Build a Super-Sturdy Tomato Tower: Vertical Gardening.
Free forum : The Laminar Project Forum. Trellis Craft Book - how to make copper pipe trellis. Creative Builders, San Diego, Calif. - Creative Home Deck Design/Build. Fine-Custom Outdoor Building Projects. Decks, Patios, and Landscape Structures. DIY Garden Art: Marbles in the Fence. Approx. 9/16" or 14mm.