Dumpster Diving!

My main non-school project is making something out of the backyard. I'm sick of cleaning off the dogs every time it rains and the backyard turns into a mud pit. Plus we'll have myriad family and friends over this summer (Zach's graduation, projecting movies onto the garage, Pearson's going-away party, and, um, our WEDDING :) , and I want to have a reasonably nice space to entertain.

We're in a rental though, so I hope to spend next-to-nothing to clean the place up. Note my stealth pose as I scout wood scraps with which to build planters for my vegetable garden. Pro!

Also, I spotted some big concrete slabs in a dumpster a few blocks from home, and the super nice neighbor loaded them into my trunk with a tractor.





Four things:
1. I need a truck.
2. I need a tractor.
3. OK, I only want these things.
4. But they would be super helpful to have in my dumpster diving kit.