building

Building a Sawbuck

DIY

After I built a sawbuck I was watching a movie.  In front of a remote woodland cabin in the Russian wilderness was a sawbuck.  I never would have noticed it before I had my own.  I’ll probably start seeing them everywhere now. It was the same when I built a beehive.  In every period film [...]

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Home Management Notebook, Step 2

Simplify

Let’s do some routines. I don’t keep these in my notebooks but I do use them.  Print them out and see how your life is different. Morning Chores Evening Chores A Clean Bedroom Basic Daily Plan The first two are pinned to the wall in the kitchen so the kids know what to do and [...]

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Build a Chicken-Watching Bench

DIY

When I told my husband I was building a chicken-watching bench he exclaimed, “It’s about time!” Now, I know he was being a smart-pants, but it really is a project I’ve been meaning to get to ever since we got the hens.  Just a simple place to sit and watch the girls gobble up the [...]

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Curb Robbing Confidential

FLOPS

I saw one of my neighbors filling bags with mulched leaves and grass a couple of days ago as I was driving by.  He had a riding mower with a collection container in the back, and he was stacking the bags in an orderly fashion next to the curb.  They looked so good I made [...]

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Building a Cold Frame

DIY

I am not absolutely sure what to do with a cold frame, but here I am building one. The man at the lumberyard cut some of the cypress I wanted for my raised beds too short, so I bought the extra, mis-cut pieces at fire sale prices. They were really too short for much of [...]

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