Building An Inexpensive Rustic Outdoor Kitchen
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 …
The Recycled Barn Trestle Table – Seating for 14
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 …
A Barn Raising In Photos – How to Build A Barn When You Haven’t a Clue How to Do 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 ‘Must-Haves’ for Canning!
It’s one of my favorite times of the year – Harvest Time! We are starting to pick baskets of vegetables out of the garden each day, and we don’t let …
Using Pallets to Build A Canning Pantry Cupboard
Over the last 6 months or so – it seems that we always have a comment or two to the blog on our canning cabinet that we built out of …
Making Garden Signs From Old Barn Wood
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 …
The Farm and Garden In Pictures – July’s Edition
It is amazing how quickly the time rolls by – it seems like we were just taking photographs for May – and here we are in July! In spite of …
The Flag Flies Again – A Piece of Family History Restored
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 …
4 Quick Tips for Summertime Composting!
Summertime is a great for composting! It’s nice outside – there are lots of available kitchen and garden scraps to add to the pile – and you can make batches …
3 Simple Tips To Growing A Bigger Garden Once You’ve Planted
So once that garden is all planted – there are some simple things you can do to really help maximize the growth and yields of your vegetable plants. So …