This channel is a reflection of life on our little homestead where I bring others along for the restoration of our 1860's farmhouse, share DIY's and farmhouse decor. I share my passion for gardening, raising chickens & natural living. Spoiler alert .. there will be lots of photo bombs of the ladies
Friends, we have SO MANY pollinators in the garden this week. I have counted about 8 variations of butterflies, and the number of humming birds coming to the feeder is incredible. I am already making more sugar water!! Even the butterflies were sipping on the humming bird feeders! I hope you are having lots of backyard visitors! Let me know who is in your backyard!
I want to thank you for watching! I hope I was able to inspire you to go ahead and plant smaller plants and do more on a smaller budget. If you are like me, I simply cannot go to the Garden Center this time of year and not bring home the sad flowers that no one has bought yet!! So if you still have some pots you wanted to fill, this a great time to scale down the cost and fill up the pot!
No these were sold here in the US many years ago as lawn ornaments. Sometimes they came with baby chicks also. These were most likely made in the 1960s
The shed has been wonderful. In just a few months (July) it will be 4 years already and that just doesn’t seem possible. To date, other than a piece of door trim along the bottom of the door that was actually my own fault because the latch was not closed properly and a storm blew in causing the door to swing open and closed several times and knock it off, there have been zero need for repairs! I am so thankful we did this project and have zero regrets ! Now that the shed is established, it seems as if it was always supposed to be there! Good luck with your purchase. I would love to see a photo when you have yours completed!
It should last quite a long while. I use mine up very quickly so unfortunately I do not have a date that I can say I felt it was no longer good to use. I would say three to six months if not placed in clear containers and kept out of the sun and in appropriate temperature for the product
a very erudite woman, thank you so much for this video; i recently bought a little sussex and gold laced wyandotte chick. I want to make them used to baths from an early age. As i cant have children of my own, they are my kids and i love them.
Yes if you bathe early they become used to it and it is not such an unpleasant experience. I also play with their wings, feet, beaks, ect so that when I do inspections or have to deal with illness or injury they are used to it ! Enjoy your new babies
I don't think this would be particularly good antimicrobial agent. You should consider adding an appropriate amount of iodine, or even a chlorine agent to your sanitizer.
Thanks for your insight! My goal is to use lessor harmful products. The years of research have proven their effectiveness. Many people, including myself have allergies to iodine, which can also stain!!
I store them just as I do anything else that has been canned. Including items that have been water- bathed. They are still good a year later. I have never had them last longer and by last longer I mean my family ate them very quickly! Thanks for watching and for your questions!!
Good Luck!! When you unpack that bundle, protect that manual with your life!! It was our bible.. I know you are going to have a GREAT time!! Every time I look out at our little shed I smile!! I am so glad we built it. Last year we got a pool!! Now half the shed is dedicated to gardening and half the shed works as our little pool house where we store chemicals and have some shelves for towels and a place to change into swim suits!!
I think your shed is less than 8x12. Each panel between the 2x4 should be 12 inches wide. If it was 18 inches 18x6 is just over 10 feet not 12 and the side panel is just under 6 feet. 12 feet across and 8 feet wide is 144 x 96 inches.
Everything is looking amazing!! Love the arch! And the little patio set in blue looks beautiful around the white potting shed…do you know where you’ll set it?
It is very heavy and the bottom is secured to the large 4x4s. It’s location is protected on 3 sides from high winds and we do not get high winds very often in our area
Thanks for following along and subscribing!! I have three new videos almost ready for editing. They will be posted soon. I have been absent for health reasons but am looking so forward to creating again!!
I’ve had my she shed for three years but we finally got it put up this year the only thing left to do is put in the floor and then my Spanish neighbors and myself were going to do a lot of resin work in there it’s gonna be a beautiful little living room and that’s also gonna be a craft area so I have just as much fun with yours I’m going to help with mine
Thank you for this video. I have to give my Orpington a bath for the first time due to diarrhea/stuck on poop and it helps to know what I'm doing thanks to your video!
Hi Marieta. Inhave never used it for fruit flies in particular, the recipe does deter many bugs so I say give it a try and maybe come back to the comments and let us know if it worked well for you!
What happened to the studs on either gable end wall? There are no vertical structural elements on either end of the building, just the OSB siding holding up those ends. I would also have raised it up a bit instead of laying the 2x4 joists directly on the gravel. Moisture will come up from the ground and it has no where to go and will allow fungus to grow and eventually you will get rot. Sorry to be a bit harsh, but other folks watching this should not make these same mistakes. But it does look nice with all the paint on it...
Hi thanks for your comments. There are large posts, perhaps we.didnt film that part. I didn't film this as a tutorial, just as information on what we were doing on the farm so I wasn't as careful spell out each detail and left out a lot of steps for time. I mentioned that in several comments as well. Also there are treated 4x4s under the shed and of course in a number of years they will need replaced. Last year I mentioned we lifted the shed with a tractor, leveled concrete blocks and sat the shed back down on those to get it off the ground more. Thanks for sharing your tips within our community!
