Hardin Home: Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
Home Improvement Projects at a Country Home in Verona, WI
As has been the case every year, I worked through my normal spring landscaping and yard clean up tasks throughout the months of April and May. Here is a gallery of some of the work I did, which will look familiar from previous years: Another critical part of every spring is opening the lake house. … Continue reading Spring Landscaping 2026
As is tradition in Wisconsin every fall, the time eventually comes to put the boat into winter storage and shut down the pool. This years was no different, although we had an abnormally warm late September and early October to make up for some cold weather and storms in late August / early September, so … Continue reading End of Summer 2025
As discussed in a previous post, I’ve been hard at work getting the yard into shape for the summer. In the recent weeks, I’ve shifted from the heavy labor of clearing downed trees, pruning branches, and putting down mulch to some of the easier late-spring activities, including planting flowers, shrubs, and grass. I have it … Continue reading Spring Landscaping 2025, Part 2
Now that warm weather is once again on the horizon, I’ve started working my way through the usual spring landscaping tasks. Before things were consistently warm enough to start planting and working on the lawn, I cleaned out the ditches alongside Range Trail, which accumulate trash and other debris during the winter. I then spent … Continue reading Spring Landscaping 2025, Part 1
Every year when summer ends and fall arrives, it means two things for me: football season, and a lot of maintenance tasks to make sure both houses are ready for winter. One of the first tasks is getting the boat out of the water for winter storage, along with taking the awning cover off of … Continue reading Fall and Winter Preparations
When I planted grass around the pool last summer, I obviously had to do a ton of watering in order to get it to grow, especially during a drought summer. Due to the hardness of Wisconsin well water, the sprinklers left more than their fair share of hard water deposits on the pool fence, which … Continue reading Pool Fence Clean Up
As is the case every spring, once the snow melts and the ground thaws there is a lot to do to get the house ready for spring and summer. Here was my initial list at the start of spring: Those tasks kept me busy for quite a few weekend! I was very happy with how … Continue reading Spring Landscaping + Pool 2024
After the grass I planted around the pool came in nicely, I turned my attention to the rest of the yard. There were quite a few bald patches of grass that needed some love, due to a combination of the drought this year and leftover damage from the pool construction the previous summer. After planting … Continue reading Fall Grass Planting and Cleanup
It’s hard to believe that the pool is almost a year old… Aside from spending time enjoying swimming in the pool, I’ve taken the time to make some minor updates. First on the docket was adding some additional furniture, including an outdoor living room area: After that, I added a small cosmetic fence around the … Continue reading Pool Updates
When the pool was installed last year, it was too late in the year to do much with the lawn around the pool. I just threw some quick germinating grass seed directly overtop of the fill to at least get some erosion prevention in place, and called it a day. This spring, I got to … Continue reading Pool Grass
