Le Duck Chateux
June 27th, 2008A VERY good friend of mine came over this morning and we put some real Girl Power to work. I am trying to build a duck house/garden bed/wash dam with some railroad ties, rocks and lots of dirt. We got most of the foundation for the duck house part done. My chainsaw would only cut one tie because I need to take it in to be sharpened. So, we got all of the uncut ones laid - oh, and the one that we did get cut. The two short ends are laying near where they will be placed, with an end up so that I can get it cut when I get the chainsaw fixed.
Taking a railroad tie from the main pile - we had 40 of them delivered.
Oops, this one didn’t want to fit since it seems to be warped!
So, we took it off and traded it with a lower one and then put the “funny” one on top
Two hours later, this is what we had
We were filthy and tired. I still have to cut a few to fit. Then I need to build a structure from the railroad ties to make it all about 6ft high (so that I can walk in it), put the fencing around the structure, fill the spaces between the railroad ties, make a “roof” of plywood over about half of it, build the pond and make a hole in the shed that it is built next to so that I can make a small wooden “house” inside to protect them from the snow and ice we get here. It will have a heating lamp to warm the “house”.
When the duck housing is done, we will use the rest of the railroad ties to make a dam for the wash that runs through the yard when the snow melts. Between the dam and the duck house will be about 8-10 feet which we will have filled with dirt so that I can have a veggie or flower garden. Hopefully, this will harness Mother Nature to control the amount of water and mud in the horse corral.
THANK YOU, Nicole, for all of your hard work today. It is VERY MUCH appreciated!!
June 29th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Wow, that is quite the project! Looks like you got tons done and you have such a great plan. Keep blogging about it, can’t wait to see the end project!
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