Have you heard about our garden shed? I did write a blog about it long ago, but because of recent conversations, I decided to post a “Throwback Thursday” edition of that blog, with an update.
To explain about my husband’s 2012 winter project, the idea came when we visited a farm antique center in northern California. They were selling garden tool sheds that were made of old barnwood and looked like outhouses. Cute! When we arrived home, our septic system was frozen and we were without facilities for three days. One morning, when the guys stopped for a coffee break, one worker wondered, “Where is the ‘outhouse’ when we need it?”. The idea for a building project began to form for my newly retired husband’s mind. Call it a ‘make work’ project.
It became the center of attention in our yard, but there were no plans for it to be ‘functional’ unless absolutely necessary. We added some “decorating” items of “interest” … an owl decoy to discourage the crows in our area, a Sears catalogue, an enamel child’s potty, a lantern, and a bear trap. We even had an ‘occupant’, who was not one of our grandkids. They were too grown up to want to participate in this crazy idea. Oh … I almost forgot about the ‘fart machine’ … to add an element of surprise for those who dare to open the door to look inside. As you can tell, there are some people who never grow up!
It never became much of a Garden Shed… probably because the only gardening that we do is mow the grass with the tractor, and replace the silk flowers in our patio pots every other year. I refuse to purchase bedding plants, only to have the local deer drop by for a quick ‘gourmet’ lunch.
This past summer, we were asked if we would be interested in selling our outhouse to a farming family in the northern part of our province. Why not, we’ve had lots of fun with it! Let them have some fun!
It’s gone!
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