Homemade squirrel baffle (pics) is working great!
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Comments (3)I like the circles with the letters on them. I'm concerned that they will disappear tho if you paint the background green also. Unless it is a different shade of green. I like the idea of the xing being on the tree rounds also. Cool idea. kathy...See Morehomemade trellis - will it work?
Comments (11)I can tell you how to build a cheap trellis for vines to grow on and it really doesnt look too bad while you wait for the vines to take over. get some thin ( 1/2" or smaller diameter rebar and some pvc pipe. 20 foot lengths of each or good. PVC wants to bend in a specific U shape, put a length of rebar into the pipe and bring the ends together forming a large U. This is easiest with 2 people working together. Now the PVC pipe keeps the rebar from making any sharp bends and avoides needing a rebar hickey tool or jig. unsleeve the rebar and repeat with piece number 2. You now have 2 rebar pieces in the shape of a U with the same bend in each of them so they are symetrical. There is a few ways to stick them in the ground. I prefer to take that pvc pipe we used earlier and cut it off in about 1 foot sections and soften up the ground a bit then plant the pvc pipe in a vertical alignement and level it up and tamp all the darit back in around it. If you happen to have some metal pipe you can simply wack it into the earth and then pull it up empty out the dirt in teh middle and stuff it back into the ground. do this on both sides of the walkway you want to frame. after the pipe is secured in teh earth and pretty stiff, put one end of the rebar into the pipe, repeat at the other end. I then fill the pipes with soem ready mix or some portland cement. It keeps it sturdy, but its not hard to remove should you decide you no longer want this piece in your yard in the future. You can space the two rebar Us about 1 to 2 feet apart and then wire the top of each arch together. If you were so inclined you cuold run wires back and forth between the two all the way to the ground. Or if you have access you could weld some rebar between the two to form a ladder of sorts for the vine to grow up and around. Iv done this a few times and it works great. I also like to paint them, normally white with some rust inhibiting spray paint once they are in the ground. Id include some pics but I dont have any. Even teh finished ones as I do some landscaping work and have doen ti at clients homes instead of my own. I do have one planned for this summer in the next 2 to 3 months and since I started doing this for money I keep good pics and details on the jobs so Ill try to remember to come back and post this when I get around to doing the job. Im great at coming up with ideas to make somethign work, but crap for typing, cut me some slack on that front :p...See MoreI made a homemade filter...and it works great!
Comments (11)I know, I can't believe I didn't take pictures of the whole process! I always take pictures of stuff. As I was constructing the filter thingy I was thinking that I should be taking pictures and making a whole instructional web page for it. But there are other instructional pages out there. But yeah, I will take some pics of the pond and filter tomorrow. Until then, here's a video I took yesterday of my six new fish! They are the first fish to be in the pond, and they seem to like it. They are really tame; you can even sort of hold them. :) Here is a link that might be useful: Katy's six new goldfish video . . ....See MoreLes, Squirrel and others, should I re-do the bathroom? pics
Comments (30)Oceanna, it is BM Spice Gold, the color card makes it seem so dark, but it's not at all. The first coat goes on pretty dark, but after the second coat it's fine. I would say the eating area is the most accurate color. It is the same color in the hallway by the stairs, where the entry table ,where the kids pics are and in the family room and kitchen, oh an upstairs spare bath. Based on the lighting it looks different. I wanted all the same color, but at this time did not want to repaint kitchen/family room. If I was willing to repaint, I would have done SW Restrained Gold. Still trying to find the right light fixture I used the polyshades on the staircase on and the spare vanity upstairs in the pic. I used Bombay Mahogany. I would recommend using the cherry color, the Bom Mah is way too dark. I wish I would have painted the vanity a chocolate color, it would have been easier. The stain is very hard to work with as it is extremely thick and gooey....See Moreterrene
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