Gardening, Cooking & DIY Living
There is nothing in the world like the charm and aged beauty of an old barn. Especially one that has been in the family for more than 100 years. Our re-built and reclaimed old barn at the farm is simply
Well – #25 finally got crossed off the list! Host a Barn Party. We had our first of what we hope will become an annual barn party event for our family and friends. We couldn’t have been more fortunate with
The Rustic Outdoor Kitchen Project With the barn party deadline looming for a party when we first built the barn – we needed to come up with a plan for our finishing our outdoor kitchen. It became a mad rush to finish up
Nothing will quite make you finish up projects like hosting a party. The barn table project has been on the “to-do” list for sometime and was one of our “TOP 30 GOALS” to accomplish for the farm this year. So,
100% nuts! Looking back – that’s what we were! The idea came with a simple pencil drawing over the winter of 2010-2011. It was what we hoped would someday become the barn to our little farm. I’m not even sure
We have used pallet wood and the left over barn wood from the two barns we tore down to do just about everything. This past week – Mary came up with one more great idea. We wanted a way to
One of our “Top 30” goals for 2012 was to resurrect the old flag pole that used to fly at my Mom and Dad’s house. My dad had built the flagpole from recycled iron piping in 1976 – and I
Finally! Something that we are going to see. After the last few weeks of digging ditches and drains and a whole lot of work that only gets buried – we began to lay the brick for the barn pergola patio.
Over the last year – we have all but become best friends with Bob, the owner of our local tool rental shop. It seems like every other week there is some major tool that we need to complete a project
Yesterday was a great day for the family. Each and every year – my four sisters, brother, spouses, nieces, nephews and even great grand children gather up at my moms to have a work day as a mother’s day present