Mini Garden Project

There was a square of space in our garden, near the shed, which I've done nothing to since we moved in other than attempt to grow some peas and beans. I've decided to make this into my latest mini garden project. It's a bit of a shady spot and, believe it or not, even in England we need such a thing sometimes. The fence panel will be replaced soon and I've just started to make a bench from concrete blocks and timber planks. I'll blog about this when it's done. I'm pretty happy with the transformation so far- and with more plants and blue slate it'll look even better!

Here are some before and during photos- it's definitely not finished yet!

Wall of Height - How we made our Giant Ruler

I've seen this idea on a couple of blogs and decided to make our own growth chart for the kids. It was really easy to make. We stained ours to match the other timber in our hallway however you could use a clear varnish instead.

What we used:

• 1 piece of wood approx 220 x 1850mm wide
• a couple of 1 x 2 soft wood battens
• 1/2" black self-adhesive numbers
• 1" black self adhesive letters
• 1 pot Ronseal quick drying varnish in Mahogany
• 1 black Sharpie Pen

How we did it:

• Fixed the timber to the wall with two battens
• Measured up 1m and market it on the wood with a pencil
• drew a line at 10cm intervals up and down from the 1m mark
• divide these lines at 1cm intervals, 1cm long
• Stick on the numbers and paint with one coat of varnish
• draw on the lines with the thick end of the Sharpie
• Paint with a second coat
• Finished!