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Fire Pit Times

To light any great outdoor fire one places kindling, crumple paper, wood shavings, pieces of bark on top and under large split wood or logs arrange in a pyramid shape .. when lit flames start the burn, then hot embers burn down into the center igniting the inside wood.

In 1600s, European soldiers used logs for heating, lighting and cooking. To light, place kindling such as wood shavings, pine cones needles or small pieces of tree bark on top and inside of a log. Once the tinder starts to burn, the hot embers drop down into the log, igniting the inside. Modern day lighting one would use lighter fluid, or fire starter blocks.

Make a Fire Torch Log! Take a good size log, chain saw down 6-10 inches 2-3 times as shown and prepare a fire on top. Fun to do, soft wood burns faster!

Save Your Deck!

Repair your wood deck, apply two new coats of stain, then you have more money for other garden improvements.

Deck Repair Decisions:
1. Top Wood plank condition and structure underneath not rotted and soft
2. Clean wood surface, free of BBQ grease, some sand deck … power wash if available
3. Ensure dry and stain coat twice for best look.

Level 2 Deck Repair is going to be expensive. Considerations are

1. Wood prices are up but taking hard look at replacing the entire deck surface.
2. Going to be some structural and rot issues which will add to the budget
3. Ok with the Standard brown wood finish color or going to stain the wood to your own tastes
4. Consider composite decking? If you upgrading from a wood deck you will not have the recommended 12″ stringer spacing needed, pushing you closer towards to a new deck redo!

Wood Mulch Your Garden?

Resisting using wood mulch on your gardens because the wood pieces mix with you nice dark triple loam mix? Yup, that’s one of the downsides!

There are many mulch colors, a few Types of Mulches in bulk are Sawmill black, brown Cedar, white Pine, Playground mulch Utility, basic or uncolored natural utility mulch.

We get it! Consider adding mulch to dryer garden beds that need weed control and to retain water. Leaving other gardens with the black loam!

Mulch Garden Design Ideas

Mulch let’s you work with any shape you wish. These mulch gardens are freeform created by the brick outline which helps hold the mulch away from the earth where begonia flowers will be planted.

The garden edge has been edged and filled with mulch. Mulch can be ordered bulk, but we like the Scotts Mulch Deep Forest Brown over the years!

Wood Bridge Deck

Wood timbers create the platform structure for his older train bridge. Today’s world, wood has been passed over for stronger concrete and steel bridge construction.

Amazing the amount and quantity of wood timber needed. That’s just for one river!

Old Wood timbers from the rail lines can get recycled. Over the years have been sold for retaining walls.

One worthy note is that many wood ties have been dipped in creosote which was used to preserve the life of the railway ties. Creosote has a strong oily smell and could be undesirable near pools and patio areas.