We started the day by driving down to Kingsport to the mulch place to get another half trailer-load of compost. Then we went to Lowe’s where Don got the plumbing parts he couldn’t find last night on our excursion to Home Depot, and I got some flowers to put in the raised flower bed once we put in the compost. I also found a new nozzle for the hose, so I can carefully water my plants.
When we got to the new place, Don parked the trailer by the flower box, so I could unload enough compost to fill the box. Then I planted the 12 giant marigolds that I’d bought, along with two other beautiful purple flowers that I’d never seen before. While I was doing that, Don was putting the outside water spigot together, so when I finished, I was able to water the new flowers, as well as give the vegetable beds a good soaking. Nothing is up in them, yet.
Then we got to work on the outside of the tiny house, as I expected we would. We took turns with the power sprayer and got all the gunk sprayed off. It went from dingy gray with black spots all over to nice and white. The back side was a reddish color – not sure what from, but that all came quite well, too. It was hard work and the sun was out and it was getting hotter and hotter! Somewhere in the middle of that project I fired up the grill and made lunch. We decided this was the last day we’d eat outside, because it is just getting too hot out in front of the house. And since our lunch break is supposed to replenish our energy, sitting in the hot sun isn’t such a good idea!
While Don was finishing the second round of spraying – this time standing on the roof of the tiny house, which made me a bit nervous, I worked on putting the chicken wire tops on the remaining five raised beds. They do roll chicken wire very tight, so it was a great challenge to get it unrolled and flattened enough by myself, but I managed to get the job done. About that time, Don called me to come over and finish the spraying, because his hand was too tired to hold the trigger any more.
Somewhere in there I also cleaned our new refrigerator, since we are starting to put food and water in it. We took a mid-afternoon break, then I unloaded some more of the compost in big piles to plant the squash in when they get a little bigger. I’d transplanted them to bigger pots earlier in the morning, but I still want to be able to move them inside if the nights get too cold. Another couple weeks and I think I can put them outside for good.
The final job was to paint the outside of the tiny house. I did the walls, using the rest of the gallon of paint we’d used on the front of the big house. Don did the roof, using a special reflective paint made for trailer tops. It smelled quite strong, so I was glad he was doing that job and not me. I got the front of the tiny house and about half of one end painted before my paint ran out. But I finished it so it looks like I meant to just do the bottom 2/3 of that end!
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