I have wanted to make a Moon Gate for Daniel's garden for three years. I designed and executed this concept. Daniel assisted with steps and ideas to complete this. . . Mikey created a template on the computer and sent the template section to Staples to have them plot out the section to be able...
Mikey's Garden and Home Project Ideas
Mikey's Garden and Home Project Ideas
Insect Hotel
Mikey's Insect Hotel For summer 2020, I'm building things for the yard to pull me out of the house to get some fresh air, move my body and to have personal creativity. Daniel has a personal interest in gardening and landscaping. In watching him build the grounds up with trees, scrubs and a variety of...
Birdhouse Condo
Birdhouse Condo For Summer 2020, I am trying to get out more with a sense of purpose to enjoy the fresh Nova Scotian air. This project was spawn from the Insect Hotel. While finding branches and logs on the property, we stumbled across a fallen and dried out tree. We have been collecting birdhouses from...
Chickadee Towers
Chickadee Towers For summer 2020, I'm trying to get out more. We have created the insect hotel and then the birdhouse condo, I wanted to have more birdhouses but with COVID-19 and isolation, the only way I can collect them quicker is learning how to make a bird house. Truth be told, I have never...
Garden Arch Bridge
Garden Arch Bridge The Garden Arch Bridge is another summer project for the garden. Arching over a dry river bed where the runoff from the property travels. This part of my summer 2020 journey of adventuring into woodworking as a side hobby when time allows. Daniel said he needs a bridge to go over the...
Mikey's Beehive
Daniel has always wanted to have a beehive. He wanted one back in Ontario but being in a neighbourhood, we felt it was too close to a population of people to responsibly do it. Moving to Nova Scotia, game on! A Bit of Where We Live We live on the south ridge of the Annapolis...
Garden Screwballs DIY
I was really inspired by Facebook in seeing a garden design of screws that can resemble Alliums Flowers. During my non-crochet time, I enjoy being creative with garden art. I'm not talented but I am determined. I posted on Facebook that I was interested and friends chimed in on the execution of doing these. Some...
Craft: Cartwheel Pumpkin Patch Lifesize Scarecrows
Living in the heart of Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley which is known for its incredible falls and abundance of wineries, orchards and fall festivals, a large variety of pumpkins are grown here and shipped out. Our soil is ideal and pumpkins are easy to grow once they get started. Two towns from us are Kentville,...
Mikey's Chimney Swift Tower
I made a Chimney Swift Bird Tower in Spring 2021. Basically, a faux chimney to give Chimney Swift Birds a safe sheltering place. They are an endangered species of bird. While visiting Wolfville, Nova Scotia at the farmer's market. I noticed a chimney structure that I thought could be a pizza oven exhaust. It's in...