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 | Dec 1, 2010 | Crafts, Woodworking
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...
by Daisy | Oct 28, 2010 | Conversation, Fencepost
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...
by Daisy | Oct 2, 2008 | Crafts, Woodworking
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...
