Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Spring Projects Anyone?, 1 by rcn48

rcn48 wrote:
It's been a year since we started Projects threads - links to past threads:

Spring Projects - Show Us Yours! http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/965635/#new
Spring Projects now Summer Projects! http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1001085/
Spring/Summer/now Fall Projects...cont'd... http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1032854/
Fall/Winter Projects http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1049330/#post_7185...

I'm not sure about you but after the nasty winter Mother Nature threw at us I'm happy to see signs of Spring and it's time to get started on those projects! I started my "list" last fall and was anxious to get started with last week's gorgeous weather. The gardens were begging me to get out there and start cleaning up but I couldn't help myself and opted for starting on a few of the projects on my list instead. :)

First up was painting the lanterns I pulled from their posts last fall but never got around to painting and replacing before the cold winter hit. http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=7354588 I've got them painted and they look great but over the winter I misplaced the screws to attach them so you'll have to wait for a picture :(

Second was the idea I've had in my head ever since last summer and the "design" has changed several times but I finally decided it was time to "git er done"! LOL We don't have a mailbox here and all we've had for a marker with our address number is a cheap plaque laid on the ground with numbers that kept sliding off when the sun melted them in the heat of the summer. The plan was to build a column/pedestal with cement blocks, face it with rocks from the creek and design some sort of stone plaque for the front using the "sliding" numbers. This is the design I came up with but it took some work to figure out how I was going to do it!