I’ve never met a crafter without a stash of some kind. This year my goal is to use up all the craft supplies I have spent money on that are taking up mental and physical space in my life. enclosed the barn for the wedding, I have been thinking of ways to use the other half of the barn which will be used for farm stuff. It dawned on me that the backside of the barn is not seeable (I just made it a word, OK?) from the rest of our land and so it is a perfect place to do something and since the roof of the barn drips water there every morning, I decided to use it for planting.
There is a pile of wood planks leftover from another project done two years ago which has been sitting in a pile and in order to not buy anything and use up what we have, Eddie and I thought up a way to use those planks and whatever posts we could find. Since we are using up leftover 4 foot planks, it was hard to keep it straight and after all, neither of us is experienced in any way with things like this but it felt really good to use up some of that wood and make something useful with it. It is wood that we paid for years ago and using what was leftover not only saves money but it uses resources that are already here. It isn’t perfect, it’s a little wonky but it will work great. We meausured, cut, nailed and this is what we came up with. It is about 16 feet long and did not cost one penny to create.
I am so proud of Eddie, he has become indispensable around here. He is one of my children who will never say no to a request for help. He rolls up his sleeves and jumps in with me whatever the project is.
I received some play money for my birthday from my momma and I will be buying lots of new seeds and plan to grow lots of perennials here intermingled with greens. The next step is to fill it with layers of newspaper, hay, peat moss, compost and repeat. This is how I fill my beds, it’s called layer gardening. It is fast, easy and lots cheaper on the wallet since we try to use materials from here on our farm.
So what have you been up to? I love to see what you come up with. I have added the Mr Linky to the bottom of this post for you to link up your Stash Bash projects.
Here’s what to do. There are no rules.
Just use what you have and try to not buy new supplies, unless you need it to
Take a
I am hoping to build a container garden for spring. I would love, love, love to read all of your tips on how to do this! Like how thick each layer you mentioned should be, how many times you repeat them, what you grow, things you've found that work well, etc. I've had a garden once before but got little yield. I'd love to get better at it if you feel like writing a post on how you do it! 🙂