Walkway Update

Bricks were the next step after pouring the concrete pads for the walkway. Sounds pretty simple in theory right? Pick a pretty pattern, lay them out, then add some mortar. No quite. For some reason we had a large number of bricks buried under the grass in the back yard (probably why the grass doesn't grow well, yeah?) so in the process of digging out for the pads we unearthed them all.
Free bricks, awesome!
Dirty bricks, not so awesome...
Travis and I spent Easter Sunday scrubbing the bricks to get the years of dirt, moss, algae and everything else off. It was a workout. Another weekend of scrubbing and hopefully we'll begin the "simple" part.

dirty bricks.

clean bricks.

For 765

Pinterest is pretty awesome.
It got me through wedding planning without losing the gazillions of places I was getting ideas from. There are recipes for anything you can think of. And I find tons of cool inspiration for 765. The problem is you can quickly fill up a board and then completely forget about what didn't want to forget.
So, to keep up with my pins, here are a few things I'm loving 'For 765' right now:

{sash weight/color+pattern/silence/tablefortwo/chicken diagram/no more w+d}

TWO.

This weekend we celebrated two whole years as owners of 765. Crazy!
We honored it by pouring the final pad of concrete for our walkway to the shed.  The chickens are hanging out in a neighbors yard for a bit so our grass will have a fighting chance at growing, which means we didn't have to keep chicken feet from dashing through wet concrete. (See picture two)
Next up comes the bricks!
Our front ironwork door is also in the process of getting a makeover. Pictures to come soon!

 

{chicken feet in concrete}

First Signs of Spring

Daylight savings brought on an immediate motivation to get projects done around 765.

First up? A walkway from our house to the shed.

This has been on the list a while, but there has always been a bit of a debate as to how we would do it. Travis and I began breaking up the dirt, uncovering a brick walkway that seems as if a previous owner got tired of it all and threw dirt on top, hoping grass would grow. After much discussion we thought we had come up with the right design/proportions, until we dug a little further. A massive block of concrete buried near the shed from an old fence post left us changing dimensions.

Concrete for the first pad is poured, two more square pads and a whole bunch of bricks to come. Pending the weather, of course.

Spring Planting

While 765 hasn't seen much as far as projects go, the front garden has been busy re-sprouting from last years crop without any effort from us. Letting some of the vegetables drop or go to seed has proven the best (and easiest) method for gardening this Spring.
Tomatoes are sprouting up stronger than my babied seeds.
Basil has come up in between the cracks of the bricks.
One squash came back and battled through two frosts.
Zinnias. If you would like a seedling please stop by, we have more than enough.
And one bell pepper is still going from last year. Stud.
We filled in the gaps with even more tomatoes, every color bell pepper, jalapeno peppers, eggplant, and cucumbers. Along with a test run of peas.
Let the battle with the Tomato Hornworms begin.