Bit samey.....

… so nothing to report, Mr. M has been cracking on with the siding and making good progress! he didn't take a photo at the end of the week so you'll just have to take my word for it.

Until next week enjoy a few pictures of our pretty beach....

 

 Pretty flowers....

Lots of garden harvests.....

And yummy lunches....

Shingalee, shingalaa, shingalee, shingalaaahahahahaaaaa....

Mr. M is back to commuting outside..

The shingling has begun... layer by layer, you have a double layer on the bottom...

Then you keep on working your way up, the layers must not overlap each other, the gaps should be staggered and each shingle only has 5 inches left exposed at the bottom....

Keep building up and around the windows....

 

 

Its basically like a big jigsaw puzzle, each shingle is a different width and so getting the spacing right is a challenge, but he's doing a great job....

 And voila half a wall done already...

 

This half of the wall is now completely finished, the first part of the house to be DONE!

 

The garden is blooming amazing.  I harvested my last lot of garlic today, these bulbs are huge and won't be going to the farmers market, these are our goodies.....

 

 

 I also braided my soft neck garlic today, this is now hung in my kitchen waiting to be used...

 

 

Food glorious food, peas, raspberries and strawberries.....

Carrots, garlic and cucumbers….

Flowers (don't eat them) and more peas.....

Oh food glorious food, wonderful food, marvelous food!

 

 

Here we go then....

Sorry, MIA last week, but we were busy socializing and enjoying July 4 celebrations in town.  The usual parade with little tractors...

 

 Big tractors....

 

And fireworks....

 

So what's been going on with the house, firstly Mr. M got the front door completed, surround and all....

 

Next he got his plumbing completed, water lines and sewer.  Firstly he sealed all the open pipes up....

 

The he pumped it all full of air to pressurize it....

 

Took his paintbrush and soapy water around to check for leaks....

And then he got his inspection completed, passed and approved!!! another milestone done!

He has also been finishing off some plywood sheathing up under the back porch....

Because this week the fun begins.... the cedar shingles are in the house!! and soon to be on the house! all 8,000 of them....

He's looking forward to this job... he's got a cool new nail gun, 2 nails per shingle so its definitely going to earn it's keep as well as looking like a machine gun out of Bugsy Malone....

And so there we are, hopefully next week parts of the outside will be completely finished, another milestone!

The birdhouses have been selling well at the market, so Mr. M has been whipping up some stock in his free time....

The garden is looking splendid, I have harvested some more garlic, a soft neck variety that is delicious and always produces lovely big bulbs, it's currently drying in the shed and some of it may make its way to the market.  Garlic sales are going well.. ;)

The pollinator bed is full of bees on a daily basis, so many pretty flowers.  My dahlias are starting to bloom and I have poppies....

All the beds are benefitting from some companion planting of flowers and veggies...

The garden is starting to give back on a daily basis... flowers, raspberries (by the bucket load) strawberries, zucchinis and today we started picking the peas.... oh the peas D.E.L.I.C.I.O.U.S..



Move along....

Nothing to see here..... We'll be back next week!!

Finished this, finished that....

Mr. M has been busy finishing stuff this week.  Finished up the corner posts, finished up the front door trim and finished up the plumbing. The plumbing is now all pressurized and ready for an inspection.

So no photos of his stuff..... but here are some photos of my stuff....

Raspberries are coming thick and fast now...

Everything is growing well, nasturtiums, zucchini and runner beans...

Potatoes....

Peas....

And parsnips, which also have petunias that have sprung up voluntarily, they were in this bed last year so must have self seeded...

Things are starting to trickle into the daily harvest basket...

Without all this goodness Mr. M wouldn't have these big muscles....