It has been a long time since I posted for Scrap Happy.  And, yes, this is a second post for today, but I didn’t want to miss out!

Scrap Happy is a once a month post wherein we use our quilting scraps or other finds to make something new, creative, fun and useful.  Most posts are made of quilting scraps; but not always!

Today I share my chicken yard roost.  It was made primarily of small saplings, and a few larger limbs cut from the fence line you see in the background of my photo. Everything had become quite wild and overgrown, so Bob chopped them all down. I decided to put the trunks and limbs into my project, rather than leave it out front for the monthly large items pickup.

The whole project took about two days. I used a bit of leftover lumber for the square frame. I attached legs cut from the largest tree limb, and then screwed the cut saplings to the top for a roosting area.

It took a bit, but my chickens have come to really appreciate it on rainy days when the soil is wet and soggy.

I enjoyed this project and it kept the yard cleanup mess from becoming “junk” going to the landfill!

ScrapHappy happens each month on the 15th.  The many participants are listed below, and although they don’t participate every time, it’s always fun to see what they have created from their scraps!

Kate, Gun, Eva, Sue, Birthe, Turid, Susan, Cathy,  Tracy, 
Jan, Moira, Sandra, Chris, Alys, Claire, Jean, Dawn, Gwen,
Sunny, Kjerstin, Sue L, Vera, Ann, Dawn 2, Carol, Preeti,
Nóilin, Viv, Karrin, Amo, Alissa, Tierney and Hannah

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