July 2008

Picnic Table

This is where we eat nearly all of our meals these days.

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I love that the weather is finally decent enough that we can suddenly realise we haven’t used the dining room table in 2 weeks.

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Scarecrow

First, we made a cross with two posts. We put the shirt on the cross post first, then tied the two pieces together. (That’s Tim wearing the scarecrow’s hat, which is really actually a wicker plant pot holder thing, on the other side of the straw bale.)

We stuffed the arms with straw.

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We made the head out of a pillowcase stuffed with straw and tied it around the neck. Then we stuffed the body with straw.

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We added his overalls and stuffed his legs, drew his face and attached his hat.

Then we lay down on top of him and gave him a good talking to about his duties. Well, one of us did.

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And ta-da!! We have a scarecrow!

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He’s been on duty for a couple of weeks now, and I think he works. He works for me, at least. Every time I catch a glimpse of him from the far end of the garden, I have to look twice because I think “Hey, who’s that in my yard?”

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Beans and Peas

This is Timothy inside the bean teepee I constructed from branches of an alder tree we cut down. The beans are really starting to come up now, finally, after a few very hot days. In a month or two, this whole thing should be covered in growth and provide quite the kids’ hideout.

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The peas are already taller than him, he looks like he’s lost in the jungle when he tries to walk between them and the pototoes.

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They’re just about ready to start harvesting, the snap variety at least. The shelling ones need to get a little bigger.

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