Started the Lumber Rack

The first project was to build a base for the metal silhouettes of the Three Wise Men and the Baby Jesus.  They may be designed to hang on a Christmas tree.  Carol had them on a book shelf leaning against the wall.  I have some walnut wood and made a base for each.  It may have been better to have used some maple to contrast with the black silhouettes.  We got the manger when we went to tithing settlement last year.  The bishop gave us the Wise Men this year at tithing settlement.

I had four six packs of Basil.  I transplanted them to the small round pots.  I fertilized them and we will see how the do in the short days.  There are sixteen.

It is time to plant the native plants.  The pictures below show the packet labels.

I made eight trays.  Some of the seed is very old, therefore I planted it thick.  I moved the to house three where they will get the natural freezing and thawing to aid in germination.

Another picture of the ice project. Check this link.  It gets a little bigger every day.

The Lumber Rack is made out of 2x4's.  Each benches below had four 16ft, 2x4's.  The rack needs eight.  I will get my eight by cutting each one in half.  I removed the nails and screws from two benches.  Some were not easy to remove.  Some of the screws brook.  Some of the nails were so hard to pull out that some of the wood was ruined.

I got eight 2x4's x 16ft, in which I should be able to get four good ones.  They are in house six to keep them from getting wet.  They are stacked together.  I will clamp them together to keep the straight.

Comments and questions are welcome