Make your own Concrete Garden Boxes! This is PART 2, showing a simpler method that uses standard framing lumber. You can build these forms and precast your own 48″, 36″, or 24″ reinforced concrete panels…
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Hunting or foraging for Winter Chanterelle Mushrooms on Vancouver Island, BC. The wild mushroom, Craterellus tubaeformis, is also called the Yellow Foot or Yellow legs and it’s easily identified. We harvest, clean, and cook these delicious wild mushrooms. Our Winter Chanterelle wild mushroom recipe for flaky tarts is a homestead favourite.
My good friend Connor and his wife Sara asked me to help them build a pavilion in their back yard. They wanted a timber frame three gable structure so I modelled up a design in Sketchup and drew up some plans.
DIY Timber Frame Gazebo. Plans available for download in PDF Format. Part 3 of 3 See the How to Video. In this the last part of our Pavilion Construction, we’ll finish the roofing.
Build your own Timber Frame Style Garden Pavilion. Plans available for download in PDF Format. Part 2 of 3 See the How to Video. In Part 1 of this Garden Pavilion Build we got…
We wanted to build an open structure as a center piece for our garden and as a shady spot to sit, work, or socialize. I wanted it to be built in a timber frame style with simple joinery and posts on 10 by 10 centres.
Time to get the wood stove ready for winter. We have a high-efficiency wood stove and need to sweep the chimney of creosote and clean the ash buildup inside the stove. This year we tested a new chimney brush and flexible rod kit along with an ash vacuum by shop-vac. We also made fire starter bags from chainsaw wood curls. And we highlighted a wood stove fan by EcoFan.
For my Timber Frame Style Woodshed project and Garden Pavilion Build, I used this jigsaw to cut curved profiles in the ends of 6″ x 6″ beams and in rafters. This Bosch Jigsaw model JS470EB review demonstrates the capabilities of this tool and it’s put to the test cutting heavy timbers.
Build your own Timber Frame Woodshed for Firewood Storage and Drying. Plans available for download in PDF Format. Part 3 of 3 back to Part 1 back to Part 2 See the How to…
Build your own Timber Frame Woodshed for Firewood Storage and Drying. Plans available for download in PDF Format. Part 2 of 3 back to Part 1 ahead to Part 3 See the How to…
Digital Plans
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Concrete Garden Box Plan Bundle USD$ 7.50 - Concrete Garden Box Panels Version II - Digital Plan USD$ 5.00
- Three Gable Pavilion - Digital Plan USD$ 5.00
- Timber Frame Pavilion - Digital Plan USD$ 5.00
- Timber Frame Woodshed - Digital Plan USD$ 5.00
- Concrete Garden Box Panels Version I - Digital Plan USD$ 5.00
- Firewood Cutting Jig - Digital Plan USD$ 5.00
