by Daisy | Jan 10, 2012 | Crafts, Woodworking
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...
by Daisy | Apr 29, 2010 | Crafts, Woodworking
I’m not sure what got into me, but I went all playschool on my new tomato trellis. We’ve given over three entire beds to tomatoes this year. The two flanking beds have stakes that are simply painted 2×2’s. I wanted to break up the monotony, so...
by Daisy | Oct 9, 2009 | Barnyard, Laying Hens
My compost pile is located inside the chicken yard– part coincidence, part deliberate decision, and it’s been a good combo. The compost pile has always been beside the outbuilding which is now the chicken house. When I enclosed a space connected to the...
by Daisy | Jul 27, 2009 | Crafts, Woodworking
Back when I started building things out of wood, I had no idea what I was doing. I would go up to the man in the hardware store and describe what I wanted and he would help me the best he could. Over the years and over numerous simple projects I am not an expert by...
by Daisy | May 4, 2009 | Crafts, Earth-Friendly
What can you do with:a gillion cinderblocksan ever-growing piles of organic trashan ugly hidden part of the yard begging for a purposeSomething so ugly and at the same time so beautiful….Here are the pdf instructions for constructing this bad boy, minus the...
