Mirror, mirror on the wall!

Mr. M has been cracking on with the other side of the end wall, its pretty much a mirror image..

Not forgetting all the tricky bits....

Snap...

Scaffolding got moved, ready to finish off....

And now he's working on the header for the curved window....

But this coming week he will be switching gears somewhat, got some important deadlines to meet...

Here in Southern Oregon we haven't had any measurable rain since the middle of April, there are wild fires all over and everywhere is dry.  Fortunately the garden is holding up well as I diligently water and sing to it nightly....

Next round of peas are coming on well.....

Tomatoes are going strong, all shapes and sizes....

The potato plants are starting to die back, and sign that they are ready.....

So I tipped my first bin today....

The wildflower bed has some new arrivals...

And the dahlias are a daily delight...

Moving right along....

Mr. M got the window frame painted last weekend, so he started off by putting on the final house wrap...

The he put the window frame up and cracked on the shingles...

Moving right along this week.....

Not much else is happening here, the garden continues to amaze me on a daily basis.  We have moved on from the peas and raspberry era and are getting firmly entrenched into the beans and tomato era, with the odd cucumber...

 

Beetroot....

 

And our first feed of 2018 potatoes....

My final garlic harvest is ready to be cleaned and my fall harvest of peas is on it's way up, soon I will be putting in my cauliflower starts and some potatoes for Christmas lunch.  My latest spiel at the farmers market "its never to early to start planning for Christmas:....

Shine on you crazy diamond....

So first job of the week was to fully complete one wall of the house! *tick v.g.*

In order to get up there he had to go up to the third level of the scaffolding and then he still needed the step ladder to reach the very top...

Oh its high up there, this one is for Martin - enjoy...

But he got up there, and got it done...

With a little bit of fancy built into the shingles...

He then finished up sealing around all the windows...

Voila, all done..... And then he moved onto the next.  But first the window surround needs to be built and fitted, so he has been working on getting that done...

And this weekend he has been painting...

Once that is fitted, the shingling will begin.  Apart from that this week was much the same as many others....

Getting things done...

A busy week, first Mr. M got his mate Dennis, and Dennis' mate the tractor, over and they did some digging...

Digging out a trench from the house to the septic....

Then he laid the pipe...

And voila we are all hooked up! That's another milestone we can tick off of the list, bit weird getting excited about septics,but that's the way this house build thing goes.

Mr. M has also been busy cracking on with the shingles, he is SO nearly done with the first wall, bit slowed down this week due to digging activities.  The higher he has got up the wall, the more strategic the ladder placement, never forgetting health and safety...

Up, up and up...

So nearly done....

Whilst Dennis was here with his tractor we got him to move the big pile of dirt that was in front of the back of the house.  He moved some of it around to the front and graded up the landscaping...

It looks much nicer and less like it is just stuck out of the ground, plus we can now see up the side of the house all the way to my veggie garden...

In the meantime garden life continues, I'm wondering what the world record is for the tallest parsnip plants? I am hoping that I might be in the running....

The great pea harvest of 2018 continues, Mr. M likes then straight from the pod POP!!

 

I have the next round of peas planted up for a fall harvest, plus I have cauliflower seeds just germinating..

And today I made up some raspberry jam, my raspberries have been fantastic this year and are still going strong..

And finally my dahlias are another success to shout about, who doesn't love prettiness!