Hardin Home: Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
After my old mower started having problems, I took the opportunity to buy a zero turn mower to replace it. Originally, I set out to buy a Cub Cadet from the Home Depot, but after a snafu where they ended up not having any in stock, they sold me a John Deere Z345M for the … Continue reading Zero Turn Mower
Prior to closing and moving in, here are a few more pictures of the currently empty lake house’s interior, before I have the chance to start any remodeling projects: Continue reading More Lake House Pictures
One of the nice things about buying the lake house is that it’s provided me with an excuse to replace certain things at the main house, and to send certain older things to the lake house to be refurbished and repurposes. This past weekend, I moved the old furniture that was on our deck to … Continue reading New Patio Furniture
I’ve started digging the trenches required for my project to run water to the guest house. The first step has been to hand excavate sensitive areas that I can’t use a powered trencher to dig, primarily around the propane lines that carry LP from the tank to the main house and the guest house, and … Continue reading Excavation Progress
My wife and I have started searching for a vacation home. We are looking for a house with waterfront on Lake Wisconsin, since it’s an easy one hour drive from Madison and is connected to the Wisconsin River. Our first (and leading candidate) is a Frank Lloyd Wright style hole on the bluffs overlooking the … Continue reading Searching for a Vacation Home
Sometimes yard work or remodeling projects don’t always go according to plan. That definitely happened the other day when I ran over a stake with the lawn mower, and popped a tire: Continue reading Rough Day for the Lawn Mower
I’ve started my project to add running water to the guest house. After getting the propane and electrical lines marked, my first step was to purchase the required PVC pipes (3/4″ inch for the supply lines, 3″ inch for the waste water to the septic system) and to lay them out on the ground under … Continue reading The Hardin Access Pipeline
I had to transport a palette of 60 bags of waterlogged bark the other day, which the truck made easy work of after we forklifted the bark right into the bed of the truck: Continue reading Why To Own a Super Duty
This weekend, aside from enjoying an Arsenal FA Cup semifinal win over Man City, I finished my spring planting by planting roughly a dozen bushes and shrubs in both the front and back yards around my house. I planted primarily arbor vida and junipers, since the evergreen bushes continue to look good in the winter. … Continue reading More Spring Planting
I took a break from landscaping work a couple of days ago to do some electrical work in one of my house’s bathrooms, which is theoretically a guest bathroom but is primarily used by the cats. When I was doing that, I noticed that the toilet’s water intake regulator was leaking, causing the toilet to … Continue reading Toilet Repair
