A New Roof

Last year some branches fell off a dead tree and put a hole in the roof of my green house.Then, last November, the tree trimmers came to take the dead tree down and put afew more holes in the roof.  Of course it wasn't very hard to do since it was one ofthose corrugated plastic roofs.  After being exposed to the elements for a year, I finally got around to putting on a new roof in late September.  It was one of thosejobs you know you just can't put off any longer and must be done before winter.So, to entertain you ~ here is my greenhouse before, during and after.~ Here it was this summer.  You really can't see the damage, but if you lookclosely, you can see some sheets of plywood that I tried to lay over the holes to keep therain out and the side gutter hanging loose.

Here it is in progress.  I have already replaced and painted the fascia board and have taken down the soffit for cleaning.  That's the part you see hanging there.

Here's the old roofing, gutters and plywood that you can see I threw off the roof and so neatly stacked for discard on trash day.

The greenhouse without it's roof.  The gutter you see there laying on the shed roofis always particularly fun to clean out because the resident raccoon thinks itis his personal toilet.

And ~ the new roof from the inside looking out.

Then came the job of washing up the plastic soffit and gutters before they could be put back up.

It took three days for me to do all of this because I'm not particularly fastwhen it comes to carpentry work and I had to wait for a period of timewhen there would be no rain.~ Next, came the job of cleaning out the greenhouse, which was full of odds andends and was extremely dirty from being exposed to the elements.Here's the mess waiting to be cleaned up. 

And how about this mess?  Dirt, cobwebs, spiders, and dog poop.

Well, there was only so much of that mess that I could handle at a time,so I tried to work in there about an hour every evening until I got it all cleaned up.  I started in one corner and worked my way around the room.

Finally done, woodwork cleaned, windows washed, and everything neatly stacked.

The last of the leggy annuals tucked in with the crotons.

Did I mention there are French doors between the greenhouse and shed?Sometimes I wish those French doors were in my house instead so I couldenjoy them more ~ but they do add a nice touch out here.

It's not something I consciously do, but over the years I have picked upbells that I like to hang on my door handles.

Well, the inside is all clean and the windows sparkle again allowing a view of the outside gardens.

And so we've come full turn with winter close on our heels and all Ihave yet to do is rake the leaves and put the gardens to bed.

And ~ find someone to trap the resident raccoon and move him out to the country.
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