Friday, January 9, 2009

Some 2008 B.B. projects (before blogging)

My biggest projects of 2008 were completed before I began my blog in July 2008! Here, I had just "broken ground" on a new flower bed along my "barn" a.k.a. garden shed.
After numerous weekends of tilling, digging, trips to Lowe's, planting, and sore, achy muscles, this was my new flowerbed!

By springtime, it was blooming!

In March, I discovered this old bird hutch at my brother's house. It was behind a barn. He was willing to part with it. He even helped me with some "remodeling". Here he had just finished putting shingles over the tarpaper. The shingles were in another barn.We also found cedar plywood to make hinged sides over the existing hardware cloth. We made a ramp so the chickens could more easily get in and out. He hauled it to my house on a flat bed trailer after loading it with a tractor. Unloading it at my house and getting it into the backyard required pure muscle from about 6 people!

Once it was in place behind my barn, I painted it to match. I also added latches to the side panels and door.
I also had to fence in a "run" for the chickens. I raise or lower the side panels depending on the weather!

I had to transplant several varieties of cannas from the chicken run. They are to the left of the bench. I added some old bricks under the wisteria arbor and moved a bench from another part of the yard.
Ya'll Come Back!
Lorilee

9 comments:

  1. I am going to show my husband your chicken house. Maybe if he sees yours he will let me have some chickens.

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  2. Good Luck Debbi! I just gathered 3 eggs--good for 3 chickens! They do slow down their egg laying at times!
    Blessings,
    Lorilee

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  3. You did an awesome job with everything! I love that little chicken house. Too cute! I really want to live in the country with chickens. You are blessed!

    :0) Sharon

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  4. You've been busy in 2008. Love the barn. We have an old chicken coop in our backyard. I don't think we're allowed to have chickens here anymore. Love the wisteria over the bench. Charming. Mimi

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  5. You are quite the gardener! Everything is so charming!!

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  6. In my backyard, that would be about 3 years' work! I'm impressed that you did this all in one season!

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  7. I can't have chickens (dang-it) but I CAN have flowerbeds and a garden, and we are currently working on our plans. I love your yard!!! Thank you for sharing:)

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  8. I'm catching up on 1000 posts today! I love your wisteria arbor, my wisteria are still teency, but I have hopes they will be full and lush like yours one day!

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