Froggies!
Frog count is now 13! At least some of them are no bigger than crickets, but they're still froggies in the pond. I approve. The biggest one I've seen is only a couple of inches long, a far cry from the fist-sized ones we had last year, but they'll get there. If we don't freeze them again this year. :(
J has been rebuilding the deck with composite decking (sawdust in recycled plastic) - the lower level was damaged by the rose bush growing next to/through it (it never dried out under the rose bush and therefore couldn't be sealed and thus the damp really got into the wood)- and I've been using the off-cuts (22-23 inches long) to make a boardwalk in the East garden, just nestling the boards down into the peagravel. I've never liked the path he put in a decade ago (hot in the summer, poke-y at all times, and impossible to kneel on while weeding). It's much better now, and while it's not quite done (ran out of off-cuts), he's not done with the decks yet. There will be enough, and if there's not, well, I can just buy another board or two and cut it up purposely!
Currently, the deck is buried under tools/boards/bikes/etc. J has finally started building the workshop in the garage that he's been talking about for 5-6 years. So far, he's put in a new insulated garage door, moved the attic access ladder, and started putting in the new wall. Next is wiring.
J has been rebuilding the deck with composite decking (sawdust in recycled plastic) - the lower level was damaged by the rose bush growing next to/through it (it never dried out under the rose bush and therefore couldn't be sealed and thus the damp really got into the wood)- and I've been using the off-cuts (22-23 inches long) to make a boardwalk in the East garden, just nestling the boards down into the peagravel. I've never liked the path he put in a decade ago (hot in the summer, poke-y at all times, and impossible to kneel on while weeding). It's much better now, and while it's not quite done (ran out of off-cuts), he's not done with the decks yet. There will be enough, and if there's not, well, I can just buy another board or two and cut it up purposely!
Currently, the deck is buried under tools/boards/bikes/etc. J has finally started building the workshop in the garage that he's been talking about for 5-6 years. So far, he's put in a new insulated garage door, moved the attic access ladder, and started putting in the new wall. Next is wiring.