Every man needs a grill buddy

We came across this project a few months ago and I thought I had posted about it then…but I can’t seem to find it anywhere. I don’t want to lose the idea again so I am making sure it gets posted about this time.This grill buddy is a fun little...

You started to think it wouldn’t make it?

We’ve been busy, to say the least. Unfortunately not everything that has kept us busy has been related to the garden, farm or our self-reliant ways…but you have to pay the bills somehow :)We FINALLY finished the greenhouse this weekend. Well, we still need...

More window frosting

I actually did this little project a few weeks ago but I just kept forgetting to post anything about it. Much like the windows in our downstairs bathroom, we used Amorf Frost frosting foil from IKEA to cover these windows. It’s a simple enough process: Scrape...

Building a greenhouse (part 2)

This is part two of our ongoing saga called the greenhouse. Yesterday we built the wooden foundation and side walls but got stopped by missing a simple device, a protractor. Since it’s Sunday and we aren’t technically allowed to make too much noise we...

How to build a protractor

Ok, not something that is on top of most peoples list of things to build, a protractor, but sometimes you just don’t have one around when you need one. We found ourselves in that tight spot yesterday while building the roof trusses for the greenhouse and first...