Category Archives: Photoblog

Out with plums; in with cherries

Posted on September 20, 2009 by myiphone

Last week I bought two cherry trees. In the meantime I cleared out a mess of volunteer plum trees, taking out about seven and leaving two. That leaves a proper amount of space for the new cherry trees. I suppose … Continue reading →

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Signed off on Portland TechShop woodworking

Posted on August 27, 2009 by myiphone

I took the second of two classes for the woodshop basic safety sign off at the Portland TechShop this evening. In the first class we made push sticks for the table saw. In the second class we made a board … Continue reading →

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Beams going up

Posted on August 16, 2009 by myiphone

I’ve had a productive couple days as I wind up my “sabbatical”. 64″ of rabbits, 54″ of dados, a trip to TechShop and a lot of love for the Fein Multimaster (driving by Woodcraft almost daily is dangerous on the … Continue reading →

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Panels all done

Posted on August 9, 2009 by myiphone

I’ve finally got the dining room panels all up. The final details sure can take a long time to finish not to mention recovering from various royal fubars along the way. And I miscalculated on molding and need to buy … Continue reading →

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Next bit of panels up

Posted on July 25, 2009 by myiphone

Yesterday I got (just) one more section up. I made a few mistakes which slowed me down. I’m trying to figure out what sort of molding to do to cap this section off as it meets the cabinet whic will … Continue reading →

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Berry mania

Posted on July 8, 2009 by tpepper

Nothing like a week away to see how productive a garden is. Our berry vines are cranking fruit out. I picked about half a gallon of raspberries (mostly black caps) and just shy of a whole gallon of marionberries. All … Continue reading →

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First berry pi of the year

Posted on July 4, 2009 by tpepper

I just pulled our first berry pie of the year out of the oven. Made with the last of our strawberries and the first of red raspberries, black cap raspberries and marionberries (no blueberries yet). Yum.

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Tigard Garlic Festival

Posted on June 29, 2009 by myiphone

We dug up the rest of the garlic tonight (after a sample dig two weeks ago). We got a great crop this year!

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Summer berries in the garden

Posted on June 26, 2009 by tpepper

While early summer marks the end of our strawberries for the most part, the red raspberries and the black caps have started bearing fruit now…

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Potato update

Posted on June 19, 2009 by myiphone

I’ve been meaning to update the potato photo. They’re huge this year!

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