We have an open fire place in the lounge, and this time of year it gets used almost daily.
Collecting wood is a year long job, so pallets, trees, branches etc are all collected. I can also buy wood at £40/one ton builders bag delivered by Charlie on the farm.
This morning I got lucky... popped around to Jim, the neighbour two houses down who breeds dogs for a living, they are having a new 12" X 36" summer house/shed/kennel built down in the bottom of their garden..... and he had just started cutting some trees down, so I popped home, fetched a chainsaw, put on my safety boots, chainsaw trousers and visor and "Helped" him cut down and log the trees.
Now they will get stored till next season to dry and cure for the fire place.
I also have a secret supplier at a shed building company who sells me two drums of offcuts in a large polyethyline bag for £2.00 per bag.
The other day I thought it would be a pain, but pretty neat to try build a nesting box for the local birds and to mount it up in the pine tree in the garden.
We already have a pair of Blue Tits returning every year to nest in a box on the front of the garage.
I started by sorting out a pile of small bits of wood from my kindling barrel outside the kitchen.
Adding the small sections to a base, which ultimately will form one roof panel.
Two sides done and offered up to each other.
Not bad for my typical free hand no measuring builds....
Then the floor and sides made.
Drilled large holes in the sides for the birds to enter, then did a subdivision.... semi-detached living, better than a terrace ?
Almost done....
Final step was adding perches for the birds to sit and have a brew at the end of the day.....
Now we just need to decide where in the tree to mount the box, and hopefully two lots of birds get to use it and be neighbours.
Bird in the hand and all that.
Thanks for looking.
