Happy Harvest Blog
The wheels on the coop go round and round
Silkieland, the new coop, has optional wheels now. I'd been moving it along laterally to give them fresh turf every couple days. I could scoot it sideways by running back and forth, back and forth, end to end, shifting it a few inches at a time. Moving it longways was out of the question - it is not drag-able. I just ran out of room to move it sideways, moving it from one tree barrier to another. Just in time, a treasured friend swooped in,
Mini Coop’r
I’d been holding out for getting some steel to put a roof on the mini coop because I really wanted to make the roof/access significantly lighter. But then, Arthur came through, and the first coop endured the storm without a hint of difficulty or damage.
Accessory shelves
Here are some little shelves we made for the kitchen. So simple.Curved piece of plywood with a little strip of Corex on the edge to hold stuff in, carved into the hard foam, and attached at one point to the window frame. That’s all.
5-star Compost Accommodation
The boxes are 5’, 4’, and 3’, based on the idea that the ideal volume for compost to reach cooking temperatures is 4’ cubed.
Buttoning up the cupboards
I was ecstatic about the coroplast. Instead of creating little caves when the sides go up, the insides of the cabinets are flooded with natural light still. You can see everywhere in it! This is not to be underestimated.
Moving right along to the inside- camper floor and framing
In keeping with a long tradition of living in a construction site the moment it could loosely be called shelter, we moved in and started sleeping in the camper.Every day we moved all the bedding out so that I could use the bedframe for a workbench, and then moved it back in at night.
Instagram.
I may not make a blog post every day, but at least I Insta.
Bite size.
