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Cabinchick, I honestly don't think he used any plans. He just kinda eyeballed it. He is a contractor by profession, so it was a pretty small/easy project for him. I just googled homemade compost tumbler, found him 3 or 4 pictures of designs I liked, and he went out in the back yard and...

Oh that quiche looks wonderful!

Okay, Mr. Kota says that there is a spanner nut on the center post inside on the drum. This must be taken out with a chisel or screwdriver and hammer. Then the whole thing will lift up and out.

Howdy from Oregon!!

SD, I totally agree. That is the truth.

I have a dozen hens, and they get a lot of table scraps, so no problem there. Bravo Neko-Chan!! That is a LOT of uses for Swiss Chard! I actually do have a nice recipe for a frittata that uses spinach. I think I will try that tomorrow!

Last year I started winter gardening in a cold frame. It was really successful, and I have plans to build another one this year to grow even more of our winter time food. One of the veggies that does well in a winter garden is Swiss Chard. I grew some this last time and it is out there...

Really? Because geographically speaking 2/3 of your state is dry. Like a foot of rain a year or less dry. We get between 8 and 10 inches of rain a year here. As you head east towards Burns, it is even less than that. Most of Oregons population is west of the Cascade range, and over there it...

The screws holding the legs on were the total cash outlay. Everything else was salvaged. Total price? $.78.

This is another of Hubbys projects from last summer. He used an old drum from a washing machine, some scrap for legs, some leftover spray paint, and an old grate from a defunct Weber grill! We roasted marshmallows on it all summer long and had regular "campfires" out on the patio. The best...

Last year Hubby made me this homemade compost tumbler. I have made a few batches of compost now, and it works really well and is so much easier to turn than a pile with a pitchfork! I think it is kind of cute. We call it R2. :-) Do any of you all have patterns/plans for compost tumblers...

I have done a little research on turning an old refrigerator into a smoker. (has to be the older, metal insides kind) We raise wiener pigs most years, and would like to start processing them ourselves, as having them processed erases a lot of the benefit of raising them yourselves. We process...

Lol!! No, I don't know any that far away. :lol: I don't think I have been to Ethel.

deenamr. I see now what you mean. I am so glad that you got those goats. What clinic do you work at? I am a regular at RVC, but I know most of the other vets in town too. I have a lot of animals, all of which get regular care, plus I am involved in fostering for a horse rescue, so I know...

SD, I see you are from SW Washington. I was born in Chehalis. Are you near there? Here are a few cold frame links for you. http://www.runnerduck.com/coldframe.htm http://www.hort.purdue.edu/hort/ext/Pubs/ho/HO_053.pdf http://www.rootsimple.com/2011/01/pimp-my-cold-frame.html...

Pics?? That sounds like something Hubby wouldn't have to help me with. :)

Yeah, what she said!!?? :D

Oh, and just to add real quick--most of the material in mine is salvaged. We have maybe 35 dollars in it and 20 of that is paint. The wood was salvaged from a job (hubby is a contractor) and so was the old shower door we used for glazing.

I just googled it and read a lot of articles. Lots of people use a cold frame just as a plant starter at the beginning of the season. Many articles talk about them just in that context. You have to hunt a little more (but not a lot) to find ones that use them as little mini greenhouses-which...

Oops, I didn't really answer your question. I am sorry. It is not hard to take care of, but you MUST take care of it. If you fail to open it on a bright sunny day, you will cook you crop. If you fail to close/cover it on a cold night, you will freeze your crop. But it isn't hard. It takes...