Barn Stars

 

It's finally warm enough to get out in the yard and get a few things done.  I spent an afternoon last week repainting some barn stars I've collected over the years. 

 

 

 

 

Now they're hanging on our chicken coop that's used for

storage and not chickens.

 

 

The Mister made new doors out of recycled fence boards for the coop so we could store the riding mower in it.

 

 

 

 

This week I'm weeding all the flower beds getting ready for a couple of truck loads of mulch.

 

Even though we had a little snow on Monday night,  I think

SPRING is finally here to stay.

 



Cement

 

Last fall we decided to save the old chicken coop that's on our property.  We installed a new metal roof and everything stayed nice and dry last winter.  Our plan was to use the coop for garden tools, mowers, the rototiller, and miscellaneous storage. 

 

This fall the Mister installed a cement ramp for all the heavy, motorized equipment that needed to get up into the coop.

 

 

He's also working on doors to keep everything dry inside.

I forgot to take a picture of the finished ramp...

 

Since we had to get a yard of cement, and the ramp wouldn't

need the whole yard, we decided to add some cement under the

gate into our vegetable garden.

 

And a walkway to our shed's patio.

 

 

 

 

 

I had to add a little something to the project.

 

This week I'll be enjoying these beautiful begonias.

 

Cause I'm pretty sure their days are numbered.

 

A New Roof For An Old Coop

We have an old chicken coop on our property.  It used to belong to 

the old Victorian home next door as did the lot that our house sits on.

The coop is pretty old, probably built during the depression.

It hasn't been used as a chicken coop for at least 60 years, maybe longer.

  

It's a nice little building, perfect for storing garden tools and lawn mowers

in the winter.  But it's poor roof had seen better days.  

So a couple of weeks ago the Mister and his friend Vaughn went to work.

First they stripped off what was left of the old roof and added 

a new fascia board.

Seven layers of shingles, tin, old linoleum (from the 50's), and other

substances that were hard to identify were scraped off.

New steel roofing was purchased.

And installed.

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Now the roof is water tight and ready for winter.

The rest of the coop, however, needs a bit of work.

I love old outbuildings.

So worth the work.