Filling in the North Garden
Planting the North Garden outside my office, where the deck over the septic tank used to be.
Category: Exterior
The Views Up Here: January 11, 2019
The views from Purgatory, January 11, 2019.
Exterior Repairs Prior to…Gutters!
Our painter fixes the fascia and trim so the house is ready for gutters.
The Views Up Here: Jan 7, 2019
The views from Purgatory, January 7, 2019.
The Views Up Here, January 4, 2019
The views from Purgatory, January 4, 2019.
The North Garden Takes Shape
Spreading topsoil with Giggles as the North Garden takes shape.
Up in the Air (video)
Winter mornings at Purgatory often look and sound like this.
Gate Power (again)
A fallen tree, a bird’s nest in the breaker panel and new wiring finally get reliable power to the front gate.
Bathtub Gardening
Gathering the old bathtubs the horses once drank from and placing them in the future North Garden.
The Clouds and the Pool (video)
A time-lapse of the pool draining for the 2017 resurfacing, with lovely clouds.
New Panoramas
Panoramas taken in September 2017.
Resealing
Our paving crew resealed the driveway for free, after the water main fiasco.
June 2018 Aerial Shots
Aerial shots from June 2018. Not our animal pens, and they’re almost all gone now!
May 2018 Aerial
Aerial shots of Purgatory from May 2018.
December 2017 Aerial Shots
Aerial shots of Purgatory from December 2017.
Steeling Ourselves, Part 3 of 3
The new steel ladders are painted, and before and after shots.
Steeling Ourselves, Part 2 of 3
F&F Steel installs the new roof ladders and cages.
Steeling Ourselves, Part 1 of 3
Safety first: new steel ladders for the great room and studio roofs.
Our own little Pit of Sarlacc
The Doc’s old rodeo ring cut left us our own little pit, which has been useful for disposing of concrete.
The Tale of the Driveway Repaving, Part 2 of 3
Without water and with a dirt driveway: replacing the main water line to the house.
The Tale of the Driveway Repaving, Part 1 of 3
After the wall, the driveway was trashed, so we started repaving it, and hit a water line that wasn’t buried deep enough.
Improved Weed Death
Starting the weed war early this year, with a refurbished trailer sprayer from the barn.
Learning to work with Tony
Agent Smith gets the hang of Tony, our new tractor for the steep hillsides.
Burn, Baby, Burn
Collecting tumbleweeds, smushing them into a wire cage and setting them on fire, as a test run.
All Hail!
Wind one day, ice and hail the next. It’s definitely never dull.
A Windy Day
A very windy day at Purgatory, on video.
The End of Dry Rot
The dry rot is fixed, and we’re no longer in danger of a large section of the house falling down.
New aerial shots (November 2016)
New aerial shots from November, with the hills greening up and the western wall’s block placement done.
More flowers @Purgatory
More flowers blooming at Purgatory.
South Wall Videos Now Up
Time-lapse videos of the south wall from the great wall project.
Dry Rot Galore, Part 2
Mills Custom Homes tackles the dry rot, a very sturdy Ace bandage rather than a final solution.
Fun with Dry Rot, Step One: Identify the Problem
Step one of dealing with the dry rot: documenting just how bad it is around the house.