Herb - vertical wall mounted three tiered planters

George has 2 - new 3-tiered herb/garden planters for sale.  The cedar planter on the left comes with the pot included.  The planter on the right can hold pint mason jars, or be lined and planted as is.

Left planter measurements: 49 1/4" high - each planter section is 15" w x 8 1/2" long by 5" deep 

Right planter measurements:  47 3/4" high - each planter section is 12 1/4" wide x 6 1/2" long and 5" deep (at the deepest part.  The front is slightly tapered.)

Left planter is $70.00     Right planter is $60.00

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Herb labels:  Parsley, Rosemary, Sage - respectively)

Right planter inside

Left planter (inside)

Both wooden planters are standing stable on the ground, but can be mounded on a wall.

Primitive Cabinet

George just finished this primitive, barn wood cabinet.  The top is 37" long & 12 3/4" deep.
The cabinet stands 37" tall.  The bottom part of the cabinet is 34" across and 11 1/2" deep.

There are stationary shelves inside.

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Lions Office & Desks

Here are pictures of our office and new desk:

The keyboard slider is the perfect size.  George made a slider for the mouse, too.

The desk worked out perfectly!  Great project to work on together.  

Lions papers & magazines, etc.  Working files for fruit, etc.  Pictures of our children and grandchildren are in the right hand corner & on the wall.

 

George's work station.

Brian Flaherty made the little church bird house.  It's made to look like the historical church in Rainier.  George & I made the pieces of roofing and put it on the church.  We finished it.  Brian passed away before it was complete.   (He completed one for his family.)

Our file cabinet is mostly used for Lions stuff.  (We own this file cabinet.  We just put the Lions files in it.)

Lions Supplies: Business cards, labels, art supplies, thank you cards, etc...

Pictures of my oldest daughters & grandsons, as well as my youngest daughter's hand prints from preschool.

Update on Vegetable Re-Starts

Well, the good and the bad news.  The cabbage, which started out wonderfully, started to dissolve.  I couldn't plant it.  I did plant the 2 celery and one lettuce plants in Kratky Hydroponic pots that are out on the back porch.

More bad news.  When I got up in the morning to check on our plants - something stole the lettuce!  It just disappeared!!!!  

The lonely lettuce hole......

I put the three Folder's coffee tubs in a bed of sterilized steer compost and pearlite - to insulate them.  I planted strawberry runners around the tubs.  The strawberry runners all have small roots, so they should take.

Lettuce (started from a store bought bunch.)

Ginger is on the right.  It took MONTHS for the ginger plant to root and put up shoots!!!!!  On the left us purslane.  I love the taste and texture in salads.

On the left are strawberry starts.  The larger plant on the left is a New Zealand spinach plant that has hardly grown in the last couple of months.  It started from seed out in the greenhouse, but is still small.  Once it takes off, it will be huge!!!  New Zealand spinach spreads out.  Even though it is slow to start out with, it grows profusely.  It doesn't bolt.

This used to be a bright red strawberry pot.  It's just faded over the years.  I planted volunteer parsley plants in the pockets and corn salad greens (from seed) in the top.  

This is one of the Kratky hydroponic planters George made us.  It used to be an under the bed shoe storage bin.  We'll grow lettuce and greens in it.  The seeds for the plants were just started a few days ago.

Pots waiting for kale plants to transplant..

Silk lavender wreaths.....

Silk lavender wreath - with our hanging pots from our outdoor wishing wells wintering over in the back porch.

Garden room

Garden strip and hydro pots.

Mini-greenhouse with seeds planted

Second hydro planter - which will be put to use, once the lettuce, chinese cabbage, kale, carrots and other veggies get big enough to transplant.

So, I put clear cups on the remaining 2 celery plants and my New Zealand spinach plant, in the garden bed.  (Our ginger is too tall to cover this way.)  

Whatever it was that stole the lettuce, bumped the cover off of one of the celery plants in the middle of the night.  So, I put it back on.  Next night, another bump off of the plant.  I recovered it.  

Time to get out the decon............

Storage Auction Liquidators Desk with a New-Do

Last week we went to Storage Auction Liquidators, just to see the new stuff Deni & Chris had on hand.  There was a $20.00 waterfall desk without a middle drawer in the front.  I thought to myself "perfect!  I need a computer desk with drawers."  

I didn't buy it right then & there.  I just let it peculate in the back of my mind that night.  We went back in and bought it.  George seemed to have some misgivings, when I wanted it.  

Front View:

We love the knobs on this desk.  Doing anything to them, would ruin them, so we saved them for another project.

Top Views:

Side Views:

He said, "What do you want me to do?" 

I told him I needed a slide out where the middle front drawer should be for my keyboard & a sliding shelf in the top of the front drawer for my mouse.  He made those two items & sanded my desk down.

Then I painted & antiqued it.  The paint is a flat "To Die For Red" from Walmart.  I put on one coat, so the wood grain would show through.  The antiquing on the top is a bombay mahogany with liquid plastic in it.  

The after pictures don't seem do it justice.

Front view:  George found some beautiful brass knobs & put them on.  They "POP."

 There's a window that's letting sunlight hit the right side of the desk.  The finish is even....

The keyboard slider is only painted on the edge.  The rest is just stained Bombay mahogany.

Storage Auction Liquidators is located at 208 Binghampton St. South in Rainier, WA.  You can call (360) 446-3764 or contact the owners at:  christianhanson@gmail.com. or denigeiger@gmail.com. 

They put out new merchandise every day.  It's a wonderful place to explore!