Weekend projects

My Most Awesome (T)Roy-Built Incubator

My Most Awesome (T)Roy-Built Incubator

What do you get when you combine various parts from three old heaters, a defunct microwave, a broken paint roller, scrap lumber, a discarded tent, a string of Christmas lights and odds and ends from previous projects and a couple of “spare parts” boxes (and […]

Nest Boxes

Nest Boxes

A friend of ours, who owns the local feed and seed, suggested that we put together some nest boxes and sell them at his store. Roy sawed some wood that he had cut here on the property and we made a pattern based on a […]

New Chicken Door

New Chicken Door

I like to let the chickens out as often as possible, but Frederick is so uncooperative that I don’t as often as I should. Chicky goes back to the coop about 4 each evening, but Frederick cannot be corraled for anything. We have to wait […]

Evaporative Cooler

Evaporative Cooler

They are called evaporative chillers or swamp coolers. They work on the principle that heat is required to evaporating water so if the water evaporates it takes heat out of the air as the water turns into gas. Evaporative coolers work best in low humidity so […]

Fence for gate

Fence for gate

This is a fence for the front gate. As usual, Roy was resourceful.  A friend gave him an old telephone pole and he sawed it into lumber. Because it is treated, it won’t rot and Roy decided to use it for our fence at the […]

Garden Box

Garden Box

  Roy came up with the idea for our new garden box out of a need for shade on the house.  After considering several ideas, he decided a semi-temporary planter, built up against the deck, would be a good place for planting something fast growing for shade.  He used slabs from […]