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Repurposing a Bed Frame

We recently moved our daughter and most of her furniture back home when she graduated from college.  One of the things we didn’t move was her bed frame and mattress.  They were old to begin with and after 4 years of living in an apartment complex built in the 1940’s that came with bedbugs, we decided we would not be moving it back to the house!

So, Hubby set to work dismantling them both into smaller sections so they would fit into the apartment dumpster.  Don’t feel too badly for him, I suspect he has a secret fascination with seeing if there is something he can’t deconstruct with his Sawzall!  In the middle of the bed frame deconstruction, I noticed a few items that I could easily repurpose: 4 wooden slats and a metal panel.

Where is that bed frame now?

Wire panel from bed frame being repurposed as a trellis for pole beans.  I had just been researching investing in cattle panels, but couldn’t justify spending more money than the product I was growing would have been worth.  So glad I waited!
The four bed slats, two cinder blocks, and a can of spray paint.
The four bed slats repurposed into wood storage for our fire pit!  Super easy project and it’s nice to have the wood neatly stored in plain sight.  

It’s not hoarding if you use the things you’ve rescued! Never you mind about the rolls of rescued chicken wire I have stashed in the garden shed!

 

 

 

 

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When Life Gives You Not Quite Enough Cucumbers . . .

Go and look again!  For every cucumber I pick at the perfect size, there seem to be three more that I completely miss until they are the size of a kayak!  We’ve had a streak of hot weather and my cucumbers have been thriving in the heat.  I currently have 4 producing cucumber plants.  Because I mostly grow in containers, I grow a combination of pickling cucumbers and lemon cucumbers.  They are smaller and will climb a trellis quite happily.  But, because I am cramped for space, I have vines weaving in and out of everything and it’s easy to miss a rogue cucumber.

June 2, 2018
Cucumber Harvest!

One of my goals this year was to grow enough cucumbers for relish and pickles.  So, I was thrilled to come in from the garden with a bowlful of cukes.  Because they were several different sizes, I decided to make relish.  Alas, I was 5 ounces short!  What to do?  The answer was easy enough, head back out to the garden and be a bit more thorough with my cucumber hunt.  Lo and behold, hanging down the back of the planter against the house, was another cucumber!  I was absolutely shocked, not!  LOL

The relish was saved!  Although in a pinch, you can substitute a zucchini or two if you are short on cucumbers.  But, where would I ever find a zucchini?!?

What do you do when life gives you cucumbers?

Relish them!