sb158 | April 8, 2009
I finished most of my garden bed today, despite the higher temps and humidity. Surprisingly, I didn’t hurt quite as much as I thought I would. The bath in Icy Hot must have helped. LOL.
I have only about 10 sq ft to finish, but I don’t think I have enough “mixers” to finish. (more…)
sb158 | April 7, 2009
This old lady hasn’t done this much digging in years, and the body is letting me know it doesn’t appreciate the effort at all. Yesterday I finished filling the front 8″ portion of the bed, and made it my goal to finish the back 12″ portion today. I got out there and started digging, and my old body just wanted to curl up and die. I hurt so bad, between muscle aches and arthritis, but I kept telling myself I could do just a bit more. Finally my “bit more” turned into the part I wanted to finish. I was never so glad to see the last bucket of dirt go in!
Tomorrow, I’m going to try to finish it all, or at least part of it. Depends on how badly I’m hurting vs. how determined I am to finish it!
Here’s a pic of what I did the first day. (more…)
sb158 | April 2, 2009
No, not the Creature From The Black Lagoon, though he might well have been made of it. Monster Mud is Joint Compound mixed with latex paint. Burlap, or some other material, is then soaked with Monster Mud and applied to a form to make whatever you want with it.
I first read about it on the Hypertufa forum at Gardenweb, as I’d been thinking about making some containers with hypertufa. Googled it, and found some very interesting ideas. Check it out here.
Sounded alot easier than messing with concrete, so I figured, what the heck, I’ll try it. One of the forums I read said to use masonry sealer to waterproof it. I have no idea if it will work, but I’m having fun trying it.
Here are some pics I took of the WIP. Warning: This post is image-heavy. (more…)
