Every house has its story. What's yours?

Between the heat wave we experienced a couple of weeks ago and the rain of this past week, our fruit plants and trees have really popped.    » read more »

My latest creation/addition to the backyard is a 2 bin compost to replace the now rotten one made decades ago and since taken over by nettles, thistles and other aggressive weeds. I went with a 2 bin system to allow for periodic rotation of the vegetative matter in addition to the weekly stirring.

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Now that spring is almost here (mid May in Sweden), it's time to stop thinking of things to do around the outside of the house and get to it.

My first project was to rip out the 2.5 x 5 meter deck that was attached to the back of the house. It wasn't very nice and it was built too tight to the side of the house so moisture has managed to rot the vast majority of the siding (the replacement of this will be in a post on down the line).    » read more »