Author Archives: billcarpenter4

King Size Head Board

Headboard 2.0 – The Second Tier

Last time I left off with the intermediate trim piece being mocked-up with the second tier raised panel.  Now that I decided that is how I wanted to proceed it was time to miter the trim and fasten it to the lower tier.  I used screws here to attach the trim to the sub frame […]

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Garlic Harvest

Soft Neck Garlic Harvest and Shallots

After listening to the Cultivate Simple Podcast #37 on my way home this evening and getting inspired for some fall/winter gardening/planting I figured it was time pull the soft-neck garlic test bed I planted last fall.  This bed was planted to compare and confirm that the soft-neck garlic is just not productive for me in […]

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Headboard 1.0 – First Tier

Construction of the headboard continues.  After getting the raised panel wainscot to size, I now could begin construction of the substructure that will hold the raised panels and give us the depth for our top shelf and side shelving.  We have long range plans of elevating our king size bed 6” +/- off the ground […]

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