Posts Tagged ‘Recycling’

New (Recycled) Stable Doors!

Monday, August 31st, 2009

stable_roof_clearedOur outbuilding is an old stable with tack room and as such has some very old stable doors on it; well, mostly falling off it to be more accurate! Anyway, I ‘commissioned’ my dad (Rick) to make us some new ones, but only out of old wood, whatever he could find around the place that had been left over from all the renovation work. (more…)

I Love Recycling!!!

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

We have so much ’stuff’ at The Farm that needs to be sorted out as a result of all the renovation work. Much of it is just rubbish – bits of old lino, huge amounts of dust and debris, broken toilets and sinks – but lots of it can be recycled, and some of it will even generate a very small income, as I discovered yesterday!

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Temporary Log Store – All my own work!

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Temporary Log StoreMore work from the weekend and I am clearly getting into this new self-sufficient and  recycling lifestyle, and discovering all sorts of hidden talents in the process! I constructed a temporary log store completely out of materials found in the stables and garage. Ta dah!

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