Our hens have started laying so it was time to get nesting boxes in the coop. I decided to get large plastic bowls and use those for the boxes. They are easy to clean, durable, and cheap! I paid $1 each for these at Walmart. I secured them with wood screws so they don't topple over when the hens get in. I purchased a $4.99 bag of the line shavings from Tractor Supply to use as their nesting material.
Another cinder block project. We stacked the blocks sideways then placed the ones on top with the holes facing up to use as planters. A work in progress but so far I have painted the blocks to resemble a ladybug, a bee, and a monarch butterfly. I'm going to fill the holes with little garden statues.
We had a ton of cinder blocks so I turned them into something useful.
I decided to stack three cinder blocks on top of each other and paint them. I looked around on the Internet and couldn't find anything I liked so I combined several ideas and went with it. I painted the blocks with regular paint, drew my design with permanent marker, and last I painted it. Here is my result.
