leighscotford in #hive-140635 • 10 months agoEnglish oak pergola sat on staddle stones.I’ve posted about a few of our previous oak pergolas, but this was a bit of a unique one. Firstly the pergola was joined to the house which usually isn’t a problem, but with this particular job,leighscotford in #gardening • 2 years agoA hard day at the office, as a soil relocation engineer.When I was in my late teens and twenty’s, myself and other labourers used to do the majority of the hard graft on site, as we were young, fit, agile etc. The stories we used to…leighscotford in #homesteading • 2 years agoMy small DIY solar panel set up.With the huge rising energy prices throughout Europe, I decided to finally do something that I had wanted to do for a fair while, and install a grid tied solar system to our…leighscotford in #gardening • 2 years agoComplementary contrasting materials. Composite decking and rustic oak sleepersSo we’ve been on this particular job for a while now, and finally things are really starting to take shape. The whole job has taken a lot longer than anticipated due to the…leighscotford in #gardening • 2 years agoWoodwork in the wet, again!So yesterdays sleeper steps were finished off first thing in the morning. We had left ourselves with the last few sleepers to install at the top of the flight of 12 yesterday…leighscotford in #gardening • 2 years agoA few oak raised beds built in a day.This is a nice easy and cost effective way of building some raised beds, in this case for vegetables. The oak sleepers measure in at 2.4m long, and 200mm x 100mm, and therefore…
