And now for something woody . . . .

We had Christmas in Germany, near Munich, and one of our trips was to a Wildpark at Poing.  A delightful bird feeder caught the eye and gave Derek inspirsation . . .

. . .  so far so good . . . 

Success!, but so far only a robin and two blue tits have dropped by, oh, and a squirrel.  But I don't think we'll ever get a nuthatch, not being in a forest like the inspiration source. 

And sawing up salvaged timber for the woodburner yields some interesting results: 

Turn it round:- 

  

 I think I should have rotated this one.

Valentine's Day coming up.

And the next project . . . .  trouble is, builders round here don't have discarded bits of log, onlly pallets and unwanted roof beams and bits. 

Not just me . . .

. . . doing creative things . . . e.g. making racks for our patio pots.Since we moved back here to Dorset Derek has been salvaging pallets from houses locally where some building work is being done (with permission of all concerned of course). He was horrified to discover that pallets on which various building materials were delivered just got taken to the local landfill, not returned to anyone for reuse. People seem very happy for him to take them, it saves them a job dumping them.

Small garden tables/stands, large table, benches, a picnic table we haven't got a photo of, doors, fences, duckboards, garden gates, a woodstore shed . . .

And when they do a roof conversion round here in a very bungalow-rich neighbourhood, all the old roof timbers seem to be discarded too. So guess what is filling up our back yard!

I'm glad we are having the benefit of this, but, oh what a waste!