A few weeks ago, we decided that the Cardinal really needed its own set of Colorado license plates, so we took a trip to the DMV. First, th...

... but it was too late. I'm sidelined temporarily by what is likely quadriceps tendonitis, an over-use injury of the tendon right abov...

... for the gravel path surrounding the raised garden beds. First, I dug a narrow trench; I marked guide "holes" at the end and t...

We have been hard at work in the yard; one of our tasks is filling in the garden path surrounding the fire pit. We decided to do a path of...

Three more stone garden beds, in a neat row (you can see the EVIL bush poking up over the fence- what IS it?): The dogs knocked over a sto...

This plant/bush/vine has been terrorizing me for 5 years. It seemed innocuous enough when we moved in, just a nice bush with small pinky pu...

I was inspired at some point by Paul at Homeowner's Blog to build some raised gardens out of stone. We have piles of rubble stone at o...