I’ve forgotten to keep this update current. So where are we now?

First of all, we’ve decided to try to fix up the shed to live in during the warm months as we remodel. So that meant cleaning everything out of the shed, which we have done. We checked the state of the floors and walls and know what repairs need to be made before the end of July. The first thing we want to do, though, is get the exterior painted, and we can’t do that until we power wash it, and we STILL DO NOT HAVE WATER!

Okay, there is technically water to the property, but the plumber hasn’t connected the water to the house, yet.

We’ve been working on setting up the work shop on the left side. There were quite a few shelves made from particle board set on blocks in the shed, and I moved all the blocks inside the workshop and used other boards to make lots of shelves. We have the tools and everything set up in that area and it makes a very nice work space.

We’ve also removed most of the shelving from the right side. There was a lot and much of it was nailed, not screwed, to the walls. It is a tedious process removing it, but we have the left wall done and the back wall done, so all we have to do is the right wall. We also have everything else removed from the rest of the walls, including the other kinds of shelving that were held up by various brackets. We have left the counter and lower shelves where they are for the time being, partly because there is a sink there (if we ever get water.)

Today we made the first four raised beds for the garden. We used lumber from shelving. We still have five more to make, but four will be enough to get the important early stuff in the early part of April. We also planned where the squash and flowers will go (on the rise to the east of the house, along the property line with the neighbors.) There is plenty of room there and it looks like it will get plenty of sun after about 10:00 a.m.

I guess I didn’t mention that we painted the front of the house. That was quite a while ago. It looks really nice. We also taped off where the window will go in the master bedroom. We think we are going to put in a 4′ by 4′ slide-by right in the center of the back wall.