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“Discarded single-glass pane window. Huge. Half rotten. Weighs a ton.” his was my inner voice when my wife revealed what she brought home from a neighbor’s remodeling project.
I’m not sure what I said out loud, anyway, it was something supportive and noncommittal. But, she loved it, so it was her project. She’s doing it. Not my baby. And yet sometime later, here I was in the garage, newspapers spread about, and I was working to turn this mass of glass and partially rotten wood -- a threatening catastrophe and subsequent visit to the emergency room -- into something useful. What did we create? Well, the window hangs on the east end of our northfacing front porch. It’s decorative in that “salvaged trash to treasure” way. It gives the feel of a walled-in porch, but yet allows the breeze to flow so those summer days remain cool while watching Border Days traffic or sudden thunder or hailstorms. It was largely a matter of elbow grease and common sense. So, armed with slightly more than half this combination, I went to work. First, I needed to stabilize areas of rotted wood, which I used generously long wood screws in areas that were still stable to reattach corners together. Some sections needed attention with Elmer’s Wood Glue, held in place with pipe clamps. Watch your pressure here to avoid cracking any glass. In hindsight, I should have also filled in areas – for both strengthening and clean lines -- with the old standby: Durham’s Rock Hard Water Putty.
Next came running a wire brush over the surface to knock off the old paint. I wasn’t going for clean and smooth but rather rustic, shabby chic look. (OK, I was going for, “This is good enough.”) Some of the glass panes were loose, so that entailed pulling off the old caulking and squeezing in some lines of new. I tried to clean up the excess, but inevitably I was at the panes with a razor blade later to clean up the slop. Initially, we had taken some painter’s tape to several panes to minimize slop I’d have to scrape off later. But that was a chore, so I just tried my best to keep paint on the frames and off the glass. (Yeah, I was scraping lots of glass later.) Since this would be outside, I applied a couple good coats of latex paint. I should have told you that, to make this work, you’ll need one side of this frame to be in excellent condition, cause you’ll be suspending this thing from eyelet screws. I used three, matching those up with corresponding eyelets screwed into an above beam, attaching them with “S” hooks. At bottom, I used smaller eyelets, and then attached these by black zip ties to a black porch railing that was less than half an inch below the frame. This keeps the whole mess from swinging and perhaps blowing into our front room … which besides some injury could interrupt my reruns of Star Trek. And just so you know, all of these supplies to do this project were available in town. Unlike some of the construction waste strays we bring home and become unwelcome guests taking up valuable storage space, this rescued castoff turned into a nice project, one we intend to duplicate with a second identical window (Oh, did I forget to tell you my wife brought home two?) sometime this summer.
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Soiless Support Pollination: BY DAVID RAUZI, EDITOR IDAHO COUNTY FREE PRESS Your garden plantings are pretty to the eye, and their produce benefits the dinner table, but the can also serve a greater purpose that will benefit your community and beyond. This June marks the 11th anniversary of the designation of National Pollinator Week (this year, June 18-24), celebrated internationally to bring attention to declining pollinator populations. Pollination is a vital stage in the life cycle of all flowering plants. When pollen is moved within a flower or carried from one flower to another of the same species it leads to fertilization. This transfer of pollen
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garden spaces and that are a good source of nectar and pollen, such as zinnias, salvias or sunflowers. Culinary herbs are also a great choice. For the North Central Idaho region, the Pollinator Partnership provides an online publication detailing the specific pollinators for this area, as well as recommended plants: (HTTP://POLLINATOR.ORG) Among the recommendations for trees and shrubs are Mormon tea, apache plume, squawbush and golden currant. Perennial flower recommendations include sego lily, Indian paintbrush, yellow bee plant, western blueflag iris and Nuttall’s violet. Consult with your local nursery or home and garden center for varieties best suited to your area.
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Looking back to last summer, maybe you weren’t too happy on how your landscaping looked. It could be how you’re watering. Plants need plenty of water in the summer, but how much and how often, and where to water – above or below – are choices to consider. Here are some guidelines to go by. Most plants depend on even moisture; however, a slight drying out before watering pro-
motes root growth. For flower beds, one to two watering sessions per week are sufficient. It’s better to water less often but with plenty of water, rather than a little water often. Water late in the evening or early in the morning. Less water evaporates at these times than on hot soil during the day, and the plants can sufficiently supply themselves with water before the next day’s heat. Leaves: Still have these hang-
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busy,” she said. Nick and Shawna’s 16-year-old daughter, Rochelle, passed away in 2015. “Doing this, building, painting, crafting, has helped pass time and be productive when I’m at home,” she said. She and her husband have spent time in the shop working on various projects, but she must be careful, she chuckled. Shawna Hilbert “I can’t clutter up his shop with too many projects at a time,” she GRANGEVILLE — Have you said, as he uses the shops for meever looked at an old chest of draw- chanical work and undertakings of ers, desk or coffee table and pic- his own. “And, it’s true. My ‘DIY’ tured a new and improved, stylish [do it yourself] projects become piece of furniture? ‘DIY-plus husband.” Shawna Hilbert has done just In the summertime, though, the that, even rescuing some items Hilberts and their daughters, Caitfrom an imminent trip to the dump- land and Whitney and their famister. lies, plus extended family mem“I love repurposing, the whole bers, hit the ranges. process, and then seeing the end “We love archery and shooting project,” she said. “It’s very satisfy- bows,” she said. “It’s been an aweing.” some way to bond, and my three A distressed teal-highlighted brothers and I are closer than ever.” and earth tones piece sits in her The Hilberts also camp as often as dining area as a buffet. The object possible. started out as an old dresser. She Although she works full-time at removed some of the drawers, the courthouse for the assessor’s sanded and and treasurer’s painted it, offices, and he have needed distractions, has a fulltime adding new hardware, fashjob at Pacific especially these past ioning it into Cabinets in couple of years — my hands what it looks Ferdinand, she like now: an ar- have needed to stay busy.” said they really ticle from an old — Shawna Hilbert enjoy their farmhouse, Broken Arrow Creations r e c r e a t i o n modernized and time. pictured in a “We were magazine. able to go camping 15 times last “I took it apart, removed some of year,” she said. the drawers to create open shelvThe Hilberts have four granding, sanded it and then distressed it daughters, with another on the with paint, to look kind of like old, way, who also keep them busy and colored wood,” she explained. “I fill their lives with joy, Shawna said. However, their busy outdoor think the teal really makes it pop.” She admitted she had help from and family lives haven’t hindered husband, Nick, who sometimes has Shawna in her endeavors to craft and create. trouble with her painting wood. “Pinterest is the devil,” she “He’s a professional carpenter by trade, so he says, ‘you’re ruining the laughed. The site shows ideas and gives beautiful wood!” she laughed. “But people inspiration and plans for he does like the end results.” And he has helped her rebuild just about any project imaginable. Additional projects of Shawna’s door and frames and fashion other include making signs on barn board accoutrements for her revamps. Shawna has come up with sever- — for which she purchased a vinyl al of her initial ideas from Facebook cutter – wooden and burlap crosses pages she views but has developed and other decorative items, Shawna’s creations can be found her own painting techniques on Facebook at Broken Arrow Crethrough trial and error. She sells her items, but also has ations, a name with meaning for the family. several in her home. “Nick has a tattoo with two “I was going to sell this,” she pointed to a small desk in the guest straight and one broken arrow,” she room she has been redoing. “But, I said, representing their three really kind of like it in here now.” daughters and in memory of Shawna said she has always been Rochelle. As warmer weather hits, Shawhandy and has had kind of a knack na will also start hitting a few yard for seeing how things could be. She said the projects keep her sales to find items she wants to revamp and sell. busy, especially in the winter. “I learned a long time ago that “I have needed distractions, especially these past couple of years – paint can do wonders,” she smiled. my hands have needed to stay “I’m having fun.”
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Those pickles or pickled items in your fridge are great, right? Sweet, dill, asparagus, onions, green beans and other veggies – yum! But what happens with that leftover jar of pickled juice? Rather than throw it away, here are some ways I have used it or that I plan to try: •Place peeled, hard-boiled eggs in the juice and you will end up with tasty pickled eggs. •Marinate steak or chicken in the juice overnight. This adds a great flavor (not what you’d expect, not too sour, just tasty!) and tenderizes the meat. Be sure to throw out the juice afterwards. •Use the juices to flavor/moisten your potato, macaroni and other pasta salads. This can lesson your need for mayonnaise and other salad dressings and make for a lighter, healthier salad. •If you have extra veggies, pickle them. Throw in cut up pieces of cauliflower, broccoli, peppers, carrots, onions, garlic and green beans, and even make your own pickled beets. Let them pickle away. Eat them the next day or several days later, depending on how strong you like the flavor. •Make four-bean salad – throw in garbanzo, kidney, green and yellow wax beans, plus some onion and garlic and a teaspoonful or two of sugar and pinches of salt and pepper. Voila! Yummy four-bean salad. •Place some of the pickle juice over sliced cucumbers, tomatoes and onions for a fresh summer salad. Add salt and pepper to taste, and sugar or other sweeteners as desired. •Pickle juice can replace the vinegar in any salad dressing you’re making. Taste it to see what other favorite seasonings and spices you may like to add. •Replace some of your potato water with pickle juice when boiling your potatoes for a zingy flavor. •Poach fish with pickle juice prior to baking. •Use pickle juice in your mixed drinks, such as Bloody Mary’s. AND HERE’S A COUPLE OF NON-CONSUMABLE USES: •Clean copper cooking pans with the acidic pickle juice. •Pour it on weeds; they don’t like the vinegar.
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