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Concrete Pumpkin Planter

September 1, 2022 by OurWrensNest Leave a Comment

Celebrate Fall With Your Own Concrete Pumpkin Planter! The days are starting to get a bit shorter, and you can tell that fall is officially just around the corner! Now is the time to create some great fall decor! With fall being my favorite season, I usually have a long list of projects to create. I love to make decor I can use year after year, and that is how I stumbled upon the concrete pumpkin planter idea. There are many different ways to create a concrete pumpkin planter, and everyone has their favorite method. The method I'm sharing I've tried more than a few times, and I just love the result. Every concrete pumpkin will be different and have its own character. You have a ...

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Filed Under: Farm Inspired DIY Tagged With: concrete, halloween, planter, pumpkin

Concrete Hand Succulent Planter

May 22, 2022 by OurWrensNest Leave a Comment

Display your favorite succulent in a planter that is easily "handmade" ! If you are anything like me, you have a serious plant addiction and you need a unique planter to go with all those plants! I’ve been known to adopt one too many plants from local nurseries! From kitchen plants to tropical plants (yes in Ohio) I have quite the collection. I’m always looking for fun and interesting ways to display my plants. Homemade and recycled planters are the best! The more unusual the better! A simple but very unique planter to make is a concrete hand planter. This planter is good for plants like air plants, and also succulents. I like to use a combination of succulents and moss with this ...

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Filed Under: Farm Inspired DIY, Garden Projects Tagged With: concrete, DIY, gardening, hand planter, succulent

Creepy Cool Concrete Ghost

September 19, 2021 by OurWrensNest Leave a Comment

Create a unique ghost for your Halloween decor! After creating our Concrete Pumpkin Planter, we had some extra concrete left over. The flower beds were looking a little empty and needed a spooky touch. I decided to try the technique of making a concrete ghost! Like the Concrete Pumpkins, everyone has their favorite method of making these. This process I'm sharing, I found to be the easiest way to make a fun concrete ghost! To get started you will need to gather some supplies. You will need a 1 - 10 lb bag of quick-dry concrete, a container to mix your concrete in, some thick rubber gloves, an old towel, and some pieces to build your ghost armature from. We used some PVC pipe, and a ...

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Filed Under: Farm Inspired DIY, Halloween Fun! Tagged With: concrete, creepy, ghost, halloween

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Some of the eggs we are so very happy our flock pr Some of the eggs we are so very happy our flock provides us! ❤️ Nothing is better than a basket full of farm fresh eggs! 

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Recently we added the Large Capacity Round Feeder Recently we added the Large Capacity Round Feeder (R-30) from @kuhlcorp and we are loving it so much! 🥳 It’s cut our feeding days in half, no food waste, and our adventurous bantams can’t roost on top! Total win in our books! 💪 

Visit @kuhlcorp on Instagram and drop them a message to order your own large capacity feeder! 

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Ohhhh so excited to find today our sweet Fern runn Ohhhh so excited to find today our sweet Fern runner duck is laying a green-blue egg! Always wanted a runner that lays this color. Adds some beautiful color to our duck eggs. ❤️

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6 years ago today we received our first ever box o 6 years ago today we received our first ever box of chicks from @meyer_hatchery ! Little did we know how life changing that box of feathered friends would be! ❤️ Such a fun adventure!

The hubby documented my excitement leaving the post office that day and I’m so glad he did! 🥰

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Incubating and hatching eggs is such an incredible Incubating and hatching eggs is such an incredible and fascinating experience! This view never gets old, that tiny heartbeat ❤️🥹 Our call duck hatching eggs from @open_gate_farm are amazing, every single egg we received is developing! Such a fun adventure!

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This snowy evening called for homemade banana muff This snowy evening called for homemade banana muffins! 🌨️

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Little buddy was really on guard today protecting Little buddy was really on guard today protecting the ladies. 💪 We love our Silkie roosters, they are so sweet and protective. ❤️

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Always watching! 👀 #ourwrensnest #backyardchic Always watching! 👀

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The duck crew is loving this wet, snowy morning. T The duck crew is loving this wet, snowy morning. They were having a blast playing in the snow! Fern’s run at the end is the best. 🤣🥰

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