Getting all ducked up.....

It's been a much more productive week.... firstly the dormers all got some more house wrap treatment, and then fitted with their window surrounds.  Only thing left to do the dormers is to fit the shingles...

The Mr. M took the decision to move away from the remaining window surrounds and start working on the ducting for his heating system.  He was getting a bit burnt out on window trim and endless layers of paint.  So last week he had put this together...

This week it's been all systems go... The above box sits in the utility cupboard and has the air handler on top of it, this being the inside portion of the heat pump.

You cut a hole in your floor...

Stick lots of metal boxes together...

Stuck together with some sticky paste......

Turn it upside down and drop it through the floor and down into the crawl space...

You lay all your ducting out up top....

Stick it together in manageable lengths and then you head down into the crawl space and put it all together....

Exciting stuff.... next week he will be cracking on with more and hopefully get it mostly finished.  Then who knows what is next!!

Work hard, stay bumble.....

Well where to start... ummm here.  So in the past two weeks the windows have had a spot of trim added to the top, metal no less...

And he fitted the window trim to the final downstairs window....

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd finally he built this, seriously crying with laughter when I asked Mr. M what he had to go on the blog...

In his defense he has been experiencing back twinges reminiscent of his slipped disc, so not wanting to do any long term damage he's been on enforced rest.  So what did he do with his free time.  We had a long weekend and the rest of the week was spent running errands and then...

Some of this....

 

Some of this

And lots of this....

On the flip side of the household, there's been lots of activity, everything in the garden is starting to grow, grow, grow. My Sweet Williams are in full bloom....

and my dahlias and scatter seeds are about to break out into song color...

Everything else is starting to get going,beans zuchinnis....

 

Greenhouse tomatoes, getting some flowers...



Potatoes at the top of their bins..

Garlic bed is looking good

My parsnip germination was much better this year, but for some reason the middle of the bed is a no go area, not sure what this is about...

 

And finally my raspberry bed is looking promising, these came with us from Seattle and after three years looks like they are back up to speed....

FULL of bees.....

Me and the bees will keep the wheels turning, Mr. M will hopefully catch up with us soon.....

A frame a day keeps the doctor away!!

It's all getting a bit samey, with spots of something different in between...

Window frames one by one....

All of Mr. M's heating/cooling ducting has arrived, ohhh it's like the tin man fell apart in the bathroom...

Quick garden update, things are on the grow......

Root veggies carrots, beets, turnips and radishes all going well..

First planting of peas are on the up, second planting is just appearing...

Some of the potato plants are nearly at the top of their bins and are getting a regular top up with dirt....

Tomatoes are in their final spots and growing well.....

 

2018 harvest has begun, might not be much but you've got to start somewhere...

 

On the flower front my Sweet William beds are just about ready to burst into color...

Dahlia and wildflowers are really getting their grow on......

My calla lilies are blooming lovely.....

And the New Zealand tea tree is full, and I mean full, of little pink flowers, so pretty....



The rhododendrons in the neighborhood are too good to leave outside....

Farmers market starts on Saturday, so I have been busy with the buttons....

I've got some surplus veggie seeds that I will be taking with me....

And Mr. M has also been making up some bird houses for me to have on my table to sell....

That's all for this week folks, who knows what excitement awaits you in the next installment!