Two Bees Hive

My aunt asked if I was interested in getting some free rock from a work site. I am always interested in free stuff! And this limestone was perfect for edging! Between the two of us we got just about enough to make this planter 2 stones high. I had to go back and get a few more pieces to finish it off. After I had to all together I decided they needed to be a little more secure so I bought some landscape adhesive and glued the top to the bottom layer. Now we are ready for planting some veggies!

Compost bin made from 2 pallets.  I wanted a compost bin but didn't want to spend a lot of money. My past inexpensive compost bin didn't look good and it was made of materials that made if difficult for me to actually get to the compost. I saw a few blogs and videos on making a compost bin from pallets. There are several ways to do this, I chose the method that uses only 2 pallets so it was low enough that I could get to the compost, there is another version that uses 4 pallets but for my size, this makes the bin too tall.  Now, where to get pallets...... Amazingly, there are free pallets just about everywhere. Look near any dumpster and you can usually find a few pallets. A friend helped me load these two pallets and bring them back to The Hive.  I bought a hand saw, long zip ties, and screws. The saw was the most expensive part. I cut the pallets in half an zip tied them together to get an idea of how it was going to look. I leveled it out with a few bricks.

Cassie wanted a fire pit. We looked up several options for fire pit kits and already made fire pits, all seemed very expensive. So, my solution to all DIY things I don't know how to do, youtube. We watched a few videos and looked up a few blogs and headed to Home Depot. A few hours later, a working fire pit/outdoor grilling pit! Cassie marked off with rocks a tentative location. Bought 36 landscaping stones. Always a good time for yoga. Checking out our progress. Pit is almost done. Crushed Granite around pit. We hope to expand this to 3 feet out to accommodate chairs. And it works! Success!