Garage and Shed

A couple of days of sorting around the house. I've started building a store in the back porch, to help tidily store recycling and bin-related things. Almost there, but not quite. We've also had a major tidy up of the garage, sorting and 're-filing' my store of DIY wood, sifting through the odds and ends, and contemplating the shed.

The shed has been leaking all year, and is clearly starting to rot. We don't wish to replace it this moment (not clear what we want!), but it's in danger of letting its contents get damaged (lawnmowers, strimmers, and chainsaws don't like getting wet). So, we've moved a load of 'rubbish' and things that don't mind getting wet into the shed, and put the shed contents in the garage. We've also moved about a cubic metre of firewood out of the old coal cellar, in the garage: it needs splitting, but is seasoned. The divan that was in the garage is now in the study, ready to go into the guest room to replace the bed in there (which doesn't have drawers), and the large supply of rocksalt is now in the coal cellar.

The tree surgeon we've settled on is coming in a fortnight to drop the poplars, whereupon I will have a huge pile of wood to split and stack to dry. I think a new splitting maul might be required!

It's been a really cold weekend, with freezing fog today. For all that, the activity (lifting, carrying, sorting) has at least kept us warm.

Frosty spider's web (© Ian 2012)