Blue Shed Project, Garden, Yard Sale
Sep. 7th, 2020 02:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helwenYesterday Lyle and I moved a few things that were leaning against the side of the blue shed and weeded the ground. I dug the area out a little more while Lyle got some other things done. Then when I started putting in larger stones it became a bigger crew of me, Lyle, and the girls. Because of them we got further with the project than we would have, although I did send Lyle in to sit down briefly and hydrate. I would have left him in the house for longer but I couldn't find the shallow wheelbarrow. We put down larger stones and then gravel on top of them.
Today, Lyle put jacks under the ends of the side roof and has started removing the old roof. It was basically painted chip board with some metal edging. I took a photo while there's still some of the roofing left on it.
The side area of the shed actually is supposed to have a supporting wall at one end, but that was removed so the shed could be moved to our property. That'll be added back on after the rafters are replaced/repaired/tightened up.
The new roofing for it will be cedar shingles -- we may or may not have enough, but we have enough to get a good start. In the meantime it means I can clear a shelf in the shed and put some different wood on that shelf :D
We may or may not replace the short roof at the front of the shed -- just a wee thing to keep rain from dripping on you when you open the door, really.
Once the roof's repaired we can put a pallet on the ground below it and stack some of our firewood there, out of site from the road.
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Yesterday I harvested some pole beans, tomatoes, and a sweet Italian red pepper. This morning Lyle harvested more of the sweet corn, as some of our four-legged neighbors keep nabbing some of it.
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Picked up some things at my friend Suzi's weekend sale. Some bits for free, others not -- all good. We picked up a great present for our daughter-in-law, a block and tackle, a pair of those rubber balls on flexible flat stems that you can hold and whack sore muscles on your or someone else's back, a couple of tea napkins, a long skirt I'm going to try to make into two floofy skirts for the girls, and some fabric upholstery scraps for making bags.
Today, Lyle put jacks under the ends of the side roof and has started removing the old roof. It was basically painted chip board with some metal edging. I took a photo while there's still some of the roofing left on it.
The side area of the shed actually is supposed to have a supporting wall at one end, but that was removed so the shed could be moved to our property. That'll be added back on after the rafters are replaced/repaired/tightened up.
The new roofing for it will be cedar shingles -- we may or may not have enough, but we have enough to get a good start. In the meantime it means I can clear a shelf in the shed and put some different wood on that shelf :D
We may or may not replace the short roof at the front of the shed -- just a wee thing to keep rain from dripping on you when you open the door, really.
Once the roof's repaired we can put a pallet on the ground below it and stack some of our firewood there, out of site from the road.
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Yesterday I harvested some pole beans, tomatoes, and a sweet Italian red pepper. This morning Lyle harvested more of the sweet corn, as some of our four-legged neighbors keep nabbing some of it.
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Picked up some things at my friend Suzi's weekend sale. Some bits for free, others not -- all good. We picked up a great present for our daughter-in-law, a block and tackle, a pair of those rubber balls on flexible flat stems that you can hold and whack sore muscles on your or someone else's back, a couple of tea napkins, a long skirt I'm going to try to make into two floofy skirts for the girls, and some fabric upholstery scraps for making bags.
