concrete projects for the garden

Många bord som jag gjorde när jag hade en veckas semester i Maj.


A few of the tables I made when I had a week off in May. Fun to make!

This big rhubarb leaf seems to be what everybody wants when it comes to "concrete in the garden" It has another week of curing before it should be lifted or moved around too much.

Made this bench out of concrete out at Vätö. The rhubarb leaf is resting on it and is almost finished.(needs to be cured for another week) The bench was a lot harder and heavier than I thought so I don't know how many of those I will make. Nice to have a resting place in the garden tho.

betong krukor

When mom and dad lived in California a few years, they had color bowls on their balcony. They were incredible! So now I'm trying to make my own. In this picture it kinda looks like the Olympic rings. Maybe I should try planting flowers in those colors? Forget it, black flowers!? The weather is still fantastic, warm and sunny day time and a little coolrer at night. Off to Vätö!

lär dig att gjuta betong bord!

jepp, these are some of the tables I've made getting ready for the summer season of sitting outside and having a drink on a table close by! Our deck at Vätö is pretty big and everybody sits close to a table this way. Color bowls in the background, I'll have to take another picture of those one of these days! Cheers for summer!!!

For your garden?

Yeah, the hole in the mouth is supposed to be there! I'm looking all over for a pump that is solar powered. The electric ones seem so big. And I saw a battery powered online but not in Sweden. The tub/bowl that the lion will rest on is still curing. I think I got the wrong kind of sand this time, or that I have too much sand compared to cement mix. I read some where that every time you try a new mixture you should write down on note cards the amounts so that is easier the next time to know what was good or bad. Good advice, I should try it some time! Still moving Emily out, the stuff at home now is probably stuff she doesn't want but.......her barbies and beaniebabies are going after her!!

Have lots of plants to put in the garden. I don't know why I ordered, bored at work and it was fun to order online from odla.nu and now all of a sudden theres this big box on my doorstep and I have to find room for it!

Herresta Lada

A sneak preview of our display out at Herresta! Agneta and I were out there this afternoon and set up a display of our stuff that we have for inspiration. (And forsale....) Marita has made it soooo nice there. www.herrestalada.se We have our courses there and eat great food!(and buy neat stuff in the shop) If you are the area (Sigtuna) you should try to go by there.

Spring spring

Yeah the spring cleaning is in process. In the garden mainly, who wants to be inside when the sun is shining? Time is sign up for our courses learning to make concrete for the garden out in Odensala.

April

Finally the weather is spring like. That means sun one minute and rain or snow the next. Time to throw out the Christmas flowers and in with the spring ones. Getting things ready for our display at Herresta.