Out here in cattle country we’re warming up into grilling season out and I’ll admit – I’m developing meat envy. I’m hoping to hop on the steak bandwagon with my own DIY BBQ grill. Of course I’ve got a reputation I’d like to hang on to, and I can’t show up with anything but a bucket barbecue.
We’ve already covered houses for Chickens made from 5 gallon buckets on this site, but what if your favorite feathered creatures are smaller and capable of flight?
Then lucky for you that Mimi from Blue Roof Cabin has put together this 8-unit bird condo and published her entire building process.
If you’ve ever had fresh homemade ice cream, this picture should hit you right in that part of the brain where childhood memories are enshrined.
A terrible thing happened to ice cream since the above White Mountain ice cream maker was first forged. Today most ice cream ingredient labels lead with “modified milk ingredients” – and it’s becoming harder and harder to find ice cream made with cream.
Most people don’t know the most important service a bed frame provides.
A bed frame raises the mattress off the ground to dry out all the sweat you eject into your mattress each night. If this moisture builds up too much over time your mattress can turn into a perfect new world for colonies of mold and mildew.
But like most things, bed frames are overpriced. I once saw a solid wood bed frame for over $1000! If you want a bed frame for less than 40$ with the added bonus of having more storage space then you’ll ever need, build it with 5 gallon buckets!
We’ll start by tackling standing freezers, because it’s the kind of freezer that most folks actually have.
This travesty is our freezer’s before picture. Getting the freezer to close and stay closed became a luck-of-the-dice scenario.
