When we first talked about sheep I had only a vague idea how to build a woven wire fence. I knew the basics clearly of stapling fencing to posts but honestly didn’t understand the difference between welded wire and woven wire or a hundred other things. My boys and I learned a lot through this …
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It is pretty straight forward to make a shed door. This is how I built a set of classic carriage house style doors with glass for our potting shed. If you want a basic functional door with a classic look, a piece of plywood with one-by trim over it works fine. This post is really …
We didn’t play to diy a cheap firepit area this summer. However, when discussing the need for drainage in the sheep shed we needed a place to put stone. And if you give me a place to put stone, you get a firepit area? Or something. What did we start with before the cheap firepit …
Our shed was muddy indoor sheep pond about halfway through building it. We desperately needed shed drainage, so I stopped building and shifted gears. We have clay. And not just a mix of clay but over 500′ feet straight down there is nothing but miserable blue clay. It means that there is almost 0 natural …
I’ve painted sheds. I’ve stained sheds. I have strong opinions about which is better.
Using cheap sash barn windows is a great inexpensive option for barns or sheds. There are a couple things to think through, or in my case overthink.
How I built a miter saw station with a roll out assembly table and table saw cabinets and automated dust collection system.
How to build a garden gate in two different styles to match a simple garden fence. A simple X style gate and a more ornamental curved style gate.
How to use liming wax to achieve an aged pine finish with white highlighting of molding, corners and details. Includes how to avoid making some rookie mistakes like bleaching the entire piece like I did.
How we took our garden from four rather sad raised cedar beds to 13 total raised beds with an old-world structured potager garden design centered around a circular raised bed.