The Snack Shack is DONE! How we built a free-range guinea pig garden

We L-O-V-E having little piggies and the girls are going out of their way to care for them. Elliot said 'I love being a guinea-pig mummy. Percy is my little baby!'. Of course we had to build a cozy little bungalow for them out in the garden. We wanted it to be a bit 'free-range' as I can't stand the little cages we often see bunnies and guinea-pigs in - they get no room to run! So first up we got a nice and big fence for them to roam around in. We just got it from eBay and it was super easy to erect - no screws at all!

Next up we went and bought ready made lawn for a soft underlay. This is real grass and we got it cheap (off-cuts) as we just needed a small area of 3x3m covered. It was a bit brown at first, but it has already picked up and is now nice and green. Elliot was in charge of the roll out.

Next up we moved their house from Somerzby - or the 'snack shack' as we call it - in and the bench we made out of old tree stumps we already had in the garden, and the mini-vegetable patch we made out of sleepers. Really the only expenses we had was the fence and the house. Then we planted parsley, spinach, lettuce and wheatgrass for their 'candy-land' nibbles (we had all the seeds already). We got the flowers from Ikea, the hanging pot from Cheap As Chips and the flamingo from LarkStore. All bought online as I never have time to go shopping! The girls' friends from next door was over to have a look at the new garden as it took shape as well.

Cuddling the piggies while waiting for the last finishing touches.

ALL DONE!! And it turned out to be sooooo cute - we are very happy with the result and we are sure that Percy, Fritz and Rascal will like their new home. I love how the bench turned out, and that it is all home made makes it even better. Welcome to the snack-shack!!!