We hope to change the viynal siding.

Smoke from the wildfires is blotting out the sun.

The property above us is a cherrie orchard.

Stella's garden with raised beds. Gravel will cover the drainrock and ties.
 

We love the new deck made from 30 year old lumber.

Temperary car cover from Canadian Tire.

Stella's giant sunflowers

Stella's herb garden

Make shift shop and temperary studio using a carcover.

Early stages of laying the deck.

The bicycle is from the landfill

lots of board ends cut for firewood

Even the OSB on the side of the new shed was from the landfill

Dads foam Kyack and Ray's recycled lumber 

We bought the 4x4 from our neighbour

View of Ray's lumberyard from the road above .

5th wheel trailer was for Harry 

I am thinking of stairs coming down from the right corner.

The wild fires caused a lot of smoke hanging in the air.

Plant pots along the edge worked as a rail.

I was very relieved to see the rockwall finished.

That was a lot of rocks to pick up.  Stella helped put them in the pickup.

Dry stacked rock is angled about 8 degrees unless the rocks are supported with framework.
 

Finaly after doing alot of rock work and woodwork we got a deck.  We still call the lean to "The patio" as it was open when we bought the house. I started closing it in and finished it as a mud room before we started on this landscaping project.

It is nice that Stella and I can have dinner out on the deck now too

Stellla's garden is starting to produce

Nice to see a green garden with such a dry climate.

The steep bank and the house offer some protaction from the deer.

We ordered a truck full of 6" drain rock to fill in between the 3x4's

Kind of a experiment, I am building a self watering planter on the right.

Finaly deck stain applied on all 6 sides on left. The right side has not been stained yet.

Lots of laminating to finish the long board look.