Cheryl Loomans

I carved round wood curtain rod brackets and a curtain rod from the bushes I cut down last fall.

This window used to have 25+ year old blinds that gave out. In the mean time we had tacked a bath towel for wearmth and privacy. Time to fix it propperly!

Curtain is made from 100% cotton twill remnant I found. I hemmed the edges, top and bottom by hand with mercerized cotton thread for a polished invisible look.

I also made round wood brackets and a curtain rod.

Cheryl Loomans wrote:I have several wooden homemade versions of this plastic one. We mostly use them for ice fishing and sturgeon spearing. I will take a picture when I get back home in a couple days. For comfort they have batting and a cotton cover simular to a stool.

We are fishing now so I remembered I never sent these images. Better late than never?

I planted alot of seeds but some never came up 🤷‍♀️

Bachlor buttons (spring, summer)
Calendula (spring, summer, fall)
Cosmos (summer, fall)
Forget-Me-Not (spring, summer)
Coreopsis (summer, fall)
Candytuft (spring)
Larkspur (spring, summer)
Hibiscus (summer, fall)
Chives (spring, summer, fall)
Wallflower (spring, summer, fall)
Alyssum (summer, fall)
Toad flax (spring, summer, fall)
Phlox(spring, summer, fall)
Black-eyed Susan (summer, fall)
African Daisy (spring, summer, fall)
Flax (spring, summer)
Dandelion (spring, fall)
Godetia (summer)
Poppy (spring, summer)
Blanket flower (summer, fall)
Bird's eye gilia (spring)
Lupine (spring, summer)
Coneflower (summer)
Stocks(spring, summer)
Nasturtium (spring, summer, fall)
Columbine (spring, summer)
Sunflower (summer, fall)
Bearberry (spring)
Lilyturf (summer)
Soapwort (spring, summer, fall)
American licorice (spring)
Passion flower (summer)
Lavender (summer)
Catnip (spring, summer, fall)
Blue hyssop (summer)
Marigold (summer, fall)
Zinnia (summer, fall)
Pansy (spring, summer, fall)

I built a rabbit hutch from pallet wood I had on hand and a couple of drop cuts that were laying around. My selection was getting low so it took extra time to layout boards of odd sizes and remove a few nails.

The hardware, hinges and latches, I already had - for I don't remember what reason. The 1/2" hardware cloth was the only purchase. I made the top flat so I can stack another hutch on top of it at a later date. That one will have a droppings tray.

I spent about 10 hours on the project over 2 days. It would have gone faster if I had purchased new lumber of normal sizes. The house walls are insulated with 2 layers of pink foam boards and 'finished' on the inside and outside so the rabbit can't get at the foam. The foam is repurposed from back when my hubs and I had a stained glass business and we traveled to shows with our glass.

There is no particle board or plywood anywhere in the build. The pallet wood was all heat treated and safe to use. No paints or stains were used.

I'm embarrass to say I did not remember posting the rabbit hutch the first time. I'm very sorry.

I ground oats and einkorn into flour with my mill.

Christopher Weeks wrote:

Exceptionally common toppings: black pepper, smoked paprika
other toppings: black sesame seeds; freeze-dried garlic; seaweed; cumin; olive halves; slices of colorful radish; etc

I love the idea of seaweed sprinkled on top! Thanks for the suggestion.

I foraged:
1) Holcus lanatus
2) Ambrosia artemisiifolia
3) Erigeron annuus
4) Verbascum thapsus
5) Setaria pumila
6) Linaria vulgaris

I foraged:
1) Poa trivialis
2) Phalaris arundinacea
3) Chenopodium album
4) Nepeta cataria
5) Echinacea angustifolia
6) Eutrochium maculatum

I foraged:
1) Nepeta racemosa
2) Valeriana officinalis
3) Scutellaria lateriflora
4) Trifolium repens
5) Achillea millefolium
6) Taraxacum officinale