A Little Backyard Homestead Project

[sumi]

I had my landlord over quick this morning, to have a look at my backyard drain, which is backing up again. He was delighted to see the new roses I bought I decided to be a bit cheeky and said to him I know you spent a lot of money on the house, but… I would love an arbor for the backyard, to put over the stone steps, so I can plant some rambling roses for it. But since I won't be taking it with me one day when I leave here… <hint hint> He thought about it for a few seconds and said "leave it with me" So, hopefully, I'll get to do that as well I think it would look amazing, but since this is not my property, I don't want to go overboard with spending on the garden. Plants and seeds I don't mind though. I'm really looking forward to warmer weather so I can get growing stuff back there now.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

That drain is a pain in the... anyway it's a pain! Can't wait to see your rambling roses climbing on an arbor!

 

[sumi]

I found the back shed!!!! My landlord told me there is one, but I never could see the dang thing. It was so overgrown at the back and when I went right to the back for other reasons, I clearly wasn't paying enough attention

In my defence, can you see it here?

It has some sturdy walls! Two entrances, one on the side and one in front and it's a very good size. I'm not great at guessing area, but VERY roughly, I'd estimate it's about 8 or 9 feet by 10-14 feet. Probably a bit bigger, it's hard to say, it's full of tree. I need to remove that tree growing in the middle of it and clean it out and get a roof on it and it would be perfect for chickens

Side wall… There is an entrance hidden here

Inside and you can just see the other entrance to the front

The side entrance. It's about 3 feet high, but I think with cleaning we can gain height

It will be a big project cleaning this out, but the biggest part would be removing that tree… This will make an awesome chicken coop!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Happy you found the shed!

I can't see the pictures...

 

[sumi]

@frustratedearthmother I reloaded the pics, can you see them now?

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I can see the pictures! Now I understand why you couldn't see the shed, lol!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Me too sumi. I say you have your work cut out for you on this project.
Sounds like a great place for chickens

 

[sumi]

It's going to be awesome for chickens! Once I cleared the tree, cleaned it up and put a roof on it. I still can't believe it took me 7 months to find it. Now that I know what I'm looking at, I can see it clear as day of course.

 

[milkmansdaughter]

Oh, how cool! Not having to worry about snakes there, that would be a project I would absolutely LOVE! My kids and I uncovered a really old graveyard once that looked kind of like your back yard. When we first saw it, there was JUST enough to let us know something was there...

 

[sumi]

Now that is something I would love! Although perhaps not in my backyard! lol

I could see the walls of the shed, but though it was part of the back fence. It was only today when I went right to the back to check something that I turned and looked at it and spotted the opening on the side and investigated. Once I got the tree out it should be pretty straightforward from there. Hopefully!