We have been working on projects non stop and I love it! For starters, I spent the month of January and February getting my garden boxes ready.
Adding a special cocktail of soil, hay, ashes, egg shells, organic banana peels and duck poop. Yes duck poop. My ducks have a pond and once I fill it, I let them get it down until I'm left with their "mud" in the bottom. I then pour this lovely aromatic mess in my garden beds. Now I'm finally starting to plant!
We also adopted 5 grown chickens from a friend getting rid of her flock, bringing our flock to a total of 15. Plus our 4 ducks and we are rolling in eggs! Seriously rolling in them.
We've been working on some outdoor Clayton projects...like a new clubhouse where we removed his old swingset and a newly built porch bench. Both from scrap wood. You know that makes me happy! I'll do a post on the clubhouse later, but here is his new bench:
The headboard was my great grandmothers and we made the seat out of wood recycled from his swingset. It looks a little awkward because it's so deep, but that was intentional for Clayton. All of our projects have been custom to his needs and how he'll use them. It's his "daybed". ;) What you see sticking out underneath is our mantel drying out. Which of course was another February project.
Me and the baby-man set up camp in front of the fire while George went hunting. We literally spent the last weekend of hunting season like that.
And then...George also harvested the first deer from this property! Family property for over 30 years and the first deer was dropped this year. He got a kick out of dropping one in his backyard (the very back of property, not right by our house). On the last day of hunting season too.
Then I have been working on crafting for the antique mall. I'm experimenting. Trying different things. Seeing what I like doing most and seeing what buyers like. And of course furniture fun...
Vintage side table makeover:
Reclaimed coffee table:
Reclaimed lumber makes me sooo happy.
And lastly we've been tying up a few loose ends in our backyard so it functions better and allows us to enjoy it more. So close... post those projects and Clayton update soon.
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