Mandy built it out of wood reclaimed from an old barn and the door came from an actual outhouse. It has electricity and a yellow light shines through the half moon. Inside the outhouse is fitted not with a one holer but with a frost free hydrant.
Besides offering a showy front this fence and tall flowers provides a little shade for some herbs that need it. At the back of the plot there is a little greenhouse for the tender hearted herbs that need a little extra TLC.
Bob is about 5″ long. Bob may seem like an odd pet but they actually make nice pets. They don’t bark, shed or claw the furniture.
This manure pile has been mixed with the wood chips the animals are bedded on and is starting to break down nicely. Jan will go home and layer it in with some more carbon (straw) and vegetarian nitrogen from unsprayed grass clippings.
I didn’t know that just because you plant a seed from a macintosh apple doesn’t mean you will get a macintosh apple tree. Every tree, like people, is different.
He in turn barks at them and runs them back up the tree. Rabbits live in burrows in the brush and he keeps them at bay and only occasionally one will sneak into the garden for a special treat.
If birds have access to water they will take 2 or 3 baths a day. They bathe to clean themselves of parasites, ticks, lice, mites and fleas that can eat their feathers and cause infections and disease.
I made a gazing ball to go outside the shop this spring to go with the town’s Yard Art event. I used an old bowling ball and lots of glass and ceramic tiles to cover it and then put grout in the spaces.
She can go into her garden in her big hat and gloves with a harvest basket and harvest the vegetables for her family’s table in solitude or with a small helper or two.
First, my mother in law has a garden gate that she’s had for a long time that is mounted in her garden area that has no fence to go with it. Never has. It’s whimsical and I love her the more for it.