Wednesday, August 19, 2009

our washing machine brazier




We managed to sorce and old washing machine drum from our friend dougs old washing machine and ally managed to put on 3 legs of metal from an old metal bed we had and hey presto we have our very own washing machine brazier.
The legs are old angle iron from an old bed and the ends of them have a bracket on them which we can bolt down to breeze blocks or slabs.
So we now have a nice cosy brazier to huddle round when its chilly
It is amazing what you can make out of recycled junk isnt it.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

after day 9


We are happy, we managed to get the pallets all painted and put together to make recycled compost bins...instead of 3 we managed to knock together 4 and of course we have the plastic one at the end...so lots of compost making ahead.
I even had a bag of lovely dung from my rabbits and guinea pig to start it off...lol...we hope to make as much of our own compost as possible to save us money and to get rid of the rubbish from the garden.

Today we have screwed all the top paths new wood so we have lovely new edging on the top path way, giving back the garden its shape.
Then today we have managed to mark out 4 paths and 4 nice beds in the centre round the pumpkin patch....with thanks to amandas hubby steve and my son michael.
Everything is pegged and screwed in place so it is nice and solid...and of course all with recycled wood which is even better.
With this all now in place the middle of the garden looks alot better and we can see how the garden is going to look.
so a third of it has now been transformed ...only 2 thirds left to attempt...groan....lol