It all started in December with a massively heavy snowfall. I lost two sheds and a canoe to that one. Come spring I had my son help me demo the old wooden shed. I never liked that shed anyway, and it wasn't where I would want one in the first place. A humongous forsythia bush had overtaken the thing and half of the back yard around it. Instead of building a new one in that spot, I built one in the back of the property where it was out of the way.
I got to thinking about the soil under the shed, and I figured since it hadn't seen the light of day in 25 years, it might be a good spot to start a new garden... weed free. There was a medium size cherry tree right behind it and, of course, all that forsythia. I got talking to my landlord and he brought a few of his farm toys over.
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New view, with garden in front. Full sun until about 6PM.
Not only the cherry tree, but four small dead elm and all of the forsythia is gone now. Having the right equipment is a game changer.
You can see the stump from the cherry behind the garden. He took all the wood for himself, but I got all the free labor. Besides, it was a 96º day they were working in. Wouldn't have been right to even hint at keeping it.
He's going to do some more grading around the property and take down and remove the old metal shed. The canoe collection and its rack will be moved behind the new shed, so now I will finally have a large area for seasoning wood. What had become the eyesore corner of the property will be a 20' x 60' strip of wood storage. Hooray! I can finally start drying my wood like normal folk do.
How many cord will fit on a 20x60 plot? ;-P
I got to thinking about the soil under the shed, and I figured since it hadn't seen the light of day in 25 years, it might be a good spot to start a new garden... weed free. There was a medium size cherry tree right behind it and, of course, all that forsythia. I got talking to my landlord and he brought a few of his farm toys over.
.
New view, with garden in front. Full sun until about 6PM.
Not only the cherry tree, but four small dead elm and all of the forsythia is gone now. Having the right equipment is a game changer.
You can see the stump from the cherry behind the garden. He took all the wood for himself, but I got all the free labor. Besides, it was a 96º day they were working in. Wouldn't have been right to even hint at keeping it.
He's going to do some more grading around the property and take down and remove the old metal shed. The canoe collection and its rack will be moved behind the new shed, so now I will finally have a large area for seasoning wood. What had become the eyesore corner of the property will be a 20' x 60' strip of wood storage. Hooray! I can finally start drying my wood like normal folk do.
How many cord will fit on a 20x60 plot? ;-P
