Class of 1968 Dedicates Going Green Benches to Baldwin High School, Milledgeville, Georgia

Baldwin High School, Milledgeville, Georgia - Class of 1968 commissioned Going Green for 4 benches. As of yesterday, they are placed at Baldwin High School. Two sit in the front lobby by the office, one rests at the Counselors office and another at the on-site Sheriff's office.

The benches are live edge pine slabs that came from two trees passed on to us for re-purposing. Kevin hand forged the metal risers, propane burnt the wood for desired effect and finished them off with multiple layers of polyurethane varnish.

The beatifically plaques were supplied by the class of 1968.

It is an honor to be chosen by the Class of 1968 for this project. It is also ironic that our son Arthur is a freshman there his year, class of 2018.

Classes begin 8-4-14

~Cheryl 

Router Router Router....

In the never ending journey of productivity and creativity Kevin and the house are well entrenched in the building process…..

Early last morning before going to help a friend drywall and mud his garage ceiling, Kevin was out in the carport busy routing siding boards. He is using a raised door panel blade. 

The first round of boards is ready to be placed, and then the house wrap will go on.  The final siding layer has already been milled and awaiting the routing process.

As is our belief in re-purposing, the boards came from pine logs left to us by Ray Pounds Tree Service, a local company.

~Cheryl

Spring!

New things are coming, stay tuned!

From the Sensei...

As Arthur is the apprentice, the young Padawan so but of course Kevin is the Master, the Sensei who taught him.

It’s only fitting the teacher gets also gets his kudos here.

Both the 2-tiered table and bowls displayed upon it are Kevin’s work.

The bowls, chalices and plates are made from the cedar logs left to us.   The table is also made from cedar.

Kevin made the comment that it was good Arthur had to go back to school after Thanks-giving break so he could have his lathe back.  I had to make the comment back that Christmas break will soon be upon us.

~Cheryl


Find Olive Forge on facebook:  Olive Forge

Arthur, Cedar & Lathe 11-2013

Woodworking becomes him; at least as far as lathe work goes. 

Once the piece is taken off the lathe, it is done, with the exception of a few sanding swipes here and there. 

Maybe that is the appeal, however I must take in to consideration the time and patience involved.  At 13, Arthur has begun making a statement in the area of his creativity.

He likes the finished product.  So do I.

We like them so much we’ve shared them with Olive Forge who have them on display and for sale. All proceeds go to Arthur (& and 1/2 to is savings account).

Arthur has himself listed at VP of labor at Going Green on his facebook page.  He is very much a part of our re-purposing. 

These are his creations from a cedar log left to us that had no home.

~Cheryl

Find Olive Forge on facebook:  Olive Forge

Tardis Smoke House Saga - the begining......

First off - Do you think they cold get any dirtier? You know Dr. Who would never be seen under dressed and sweaty, but I bet he never had the notion to smoke meat, in fact, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen Dr. Who eat…..wonder if he ever visits the Food Network….

Back to Cherylwood now…

Starting with a love of pastrami, bacon and sausage...and of course that DIY notion deeply inset into our brains.......and hearts.....and the very fact that Kevin recently traded for a whole hog..........let's experiment with our own smoked meat ideas!

So appeared our Tardis Smoke House! It sits near the garden shed Kevin built and front of the carport he built...

As you can imagine, once again Kevin started with an idea (no blueprints) and began building with the fall off wood from the sawmill. Our Tardis stands at least 9 1/2 feet tall, not including the grey bricks. 

Get your own Tardis and make your own out of this world meat, or maybe for a garden shed, pretty out house….4 flat walls, 1 tin roof for $300.00, (assembly, delivery and blocks not included) contact us for

availability……

~Cheryl

p.s. we welcome your favorite recipes......and we'll keep the fire going....

August up date

House update

This is the last beam to the house.  It is is on the back deck.  Next I need to finish the deck floor and the set the headers for the deck roof, finish the roof and then finish the house siding

August drawing

I got a load of red cedar and I don't have a pick to put up but I have a couple of projects in mind, so this month the drawing will be surprise project

Our Garden

 Started picking grapes a few days ago and got a large bowl full, yesterday we picked over five gallons. Today we are going to turn the grapes into juice so we can later make jelly and syrup. No wine, my wine pallet is rather expensive and I dont have the knowledge to produce a wine I would like. So we will stick with jelly and syrup for the pancakes and waffles. That will take a little out of my grocery bill