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Roy plows the garden

Roy plows the garden

In years past, Roy has plowed the garden with a Gravely walk-behind tractor. He thought it was a fast way to plow until he plowed with the tractor. He had wanted a tractor for ages, but couldn’t justify it until we got more than one lot […]

Fence for gate

Fence for gate

This is a fence for the front gate. As usual, Roy was resourceful.  A friend gave him an old telephone pole and he sawed it into lumber. Because it is treated, it won’t rot and Roy decided to use it for our fence at the […]

Garden Box

Garden Box

  Roy came up with the idea for our new garden box out of a need for shade on the house.  After considering several ideas, he decided a semi-temporary planter, built up against the deck, would be a good place for planting something fast growing for shade.  He used slabs from […]

King Frederick I

King Frederick I

We were given a rooster last week for Chicky. He is a Maran/Barred Rock mix.  The girls named him King Frederick I. Maddy is studying the European monarchies in History and they thought it would be a good way to name him since they technically […]