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#306 March 24th, 2004 at 08:40 PM
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The further misadventures of Wild Willy, the Hillbilly Gardener
The Scavenger Hunt!!!

Never let it be said that I ever get carried away when I go to work on a project. I stick with the bare basics, make sure everything is square and true, and follow my original plans to the letter!

For some strange reason, our lovely hostesses have gotten the idea that I have been up to something during my recent absence, and are insisting that I tell them what it is....
I guess that the wise thing to do is to come clean and let them see what "it" is, even though I really don't think it's anything that BIG!

A few years ago, I built a small arbor to support the new Honeysuckles I had been given. (There was more to it than what was in this photo)
Basic arbor

The arbor was a nice place to sit and enjoy the aroma of the flowers growing nearby, and to marvel at the magnificence of the forest and mountains that created the backdrop for this area of my "sitting" garden.

Through the arbor entry

Unfortunately, last January, Mother Nature decided that my area was in need of a major ice storm which did considerable damage to my plants, and managed to turn my little Honeysuckle arbor into a pile of kindling!

Arbor kindling

Due to other obligations and ongoing projects, the repairs to the arbor were a low priority for me until I realized that one of the Clematis that had grown over the arbor was beginning to come back to life. Well.... I have always enjoyed working on garden projects, so it wasn't too hard for me to move the repair job back to the top of the priority list...

I had no particular plan of action, other that I thought it might be a good idea to utilize some of the smaller Vine Maples (which had been smooshed to the ground in the aforementioned ice storm) to "repair" the damaged arbor to a point that it would at least support a few vines. With chainsaw and machete in hand, I wandered out to the woods to harvest and salvage a few of these trees and anything else that might be of use.....

Vine Maples

The Vine Maple poles were plentiful, and it didn't take long to cut and trim a decent size pile of them!

But.... for some strange reason an old log, buried by brambles and brush, caught my attention. It was one of those ancient growth Douglas Fir logs that had been wastefully left behind back in the 20's, when the loggers first came to Cedar Hill. It was 160 years old (when it was cut down... I counted the rings!), two feet in diameter, and 24 feet long.... Hmmmmmmmmmm.......

ancient growth log160 year old Douglas Fir

NO Willy... NO!!! Forget that log... and don't even consider trying to drag those Cedar logs out of the woods either!!!
Be smart... stay with your plan for quickie repairs....

DON'T DO IT WILLY!!!!

Cedar logs


To be continued......



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#307 March 24th, 2004 at 09:16 PM
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OOOOOOOOOOh, Geesh, you're torturing shk I gotta know!! shk

WHOT~IZZZZZZZ~ITTTTTTTTTTT???? <img border="0" alt="[perplexed]" title="" src="graemlins/confused.gif" />

#308 March 25th, 2004 at 05:23 AM
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NO FAIR Bill!!!! frown You can't just throw a morsel at us like that and expect us to wait... :p Well I guess you can since you run things, but that just is mean, oh the torture you are putting us through.....

When are you telling us the rest?????? smile

Soon, right? Duh

Pretty please..... kissies

We're waiting..... lala

#309 March 25th, 2004 at 06:35 AM
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Gee Weezie... Gee Loz... You know how terrible I feel about making you wait to see what I'm doing, but ya see, we have a couple minor problems standing in the way....

First and foremost is the fact that I don't even know what this "thing" is yet, so I don't know what to tell you it is.

Secondly... it's not even done, so I can't show you what it is, (but I can tell you that it gets everyone who drives down this roads attention!

Perhaps when it's done you guys can help me figure out what I did, and then we can figure out what to name it and we'll all know....

I can tell you that it's bigger than a breadbox.... does that help?

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#310 March 25th, 2004 at 06:00 PM
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GEEZ, I don't know which is better! Bill's writing...or..watching the Hostese's squirm!! grinnnn

#311 March 25th, 2004 at 06:23 PM
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Phil....you and Bill may enjoy making/watching us squirm....but watch out WE get EVEN!!!! grinnnn kit lala laugh

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Well said Karen, yep she's right!!!LOL
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#313 March 25th, 2004 at 09:19 PM
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I dont' squirm Phil!!! frown shocked

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#314 March 25th, 2004 at 10:28 PM
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:p :p :p laugh laugh laugh Yousa krakin' me UP :rolleyes:

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HELP BILL, HELP>>>THEY ARE COMENCIN' to pick on a Felllow Hillbilly!! sca sca sca gab :p laugh There I told Bill on Ya!

#316 March 26th, 2004 at 02:03 AM
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laugh PHIL: You think Bill is coming to your rescue.... laugh
I DON'T THINK SOOOOOO!!!!

YOUR ON YOUR OWN BUDDY!!!!

Bill KNOWS better....and definitely knows what I am capable of!!! grinnnn dev laugh

#317 March 9th, 2005 at 06:43 PM
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WHUT?! WHUT?!! :rolleyes:

Tell me more, tell me more. wavey


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