A Sunday of Cleanup and Buildup

Sunday was a busy day, although not horribly so. The temperature wasn't too hot and there was a gentle breeze, a nice change from the storms of earlier in the week. The first thing we did was pull the pickup out of the garage and start filling the back with branches that the wind had knocked off our trees. We joined a line at the compost area, but were one of the first eight trucks allowed in and our load wasn't nearly as bad as the truck ahead of us which appeared to be holding the remains of at least one tree. 

The truck ahead of us at the compost looked like it was holding
the remains of a good sized tree. Our load wasn't nearly as large,
heavy and bulky. Almost everyone was depositing branches and
storm damaged brush and I'm quite sure the compost was a very
busy place on Sunday. 

After depositing our branches, we headed back and DH started working on the flooring for Woodshed #1 while I investigated his progress on the eastern drainage. We discovered, during the STORM, that we got backup and problems with the drainage catchment because of leaves and other detritus being carried down from the roof. Although we discussed putting river rock levees in the ditch, we decided to try screening first, so DH laid several pieces of screen down the ditch. 

I don't know how well you can see it, but there's a section of heavy-duty
screen across the river rocks in the middle of the photo. 

He also broadened the catchment basin itself and raised it several more inches in height. I think it will work well, but he wants to see if he can lower it back another 1-2 inches since he'll need to grade the side yard to be level. Every inch of height requires a lot more compacted dirt before we can add sod and grass seed. 

He widened out the catch basin to hold more water before
overflowing. 

He also raised the walls of the catch basin. It's now probably around four
inches or so high. It's actually a bit too high, so we'll probably pull it
down an inch or two, but this should help the flow of water quite a lot. 

After he got the cross-hatched flooring attached and screwed in, we worked together to get the two angled side pieces of the roof framework on shed #2 clamped into position. He'll work on that today, but his major job today is getting sod for the base of the shed structures. He seeded it, and the compacted dirt held up very well in the storms of last week, but we need to anchor the soil into place as quickly as possible. 

The first thing he did was cut the flooring to size and
attach both layers. screwing every board into the
framework or the board below it. It needs to be very
sturdy, it's going to be holding a lot of weight. 

After he was finished with the flooring, we started working
on the roof for the second unit. It's only held in place
by clamps right now, but the angles and the inclination
are almost identical to the first unit. It's a bit harder to
work on Unit #2 because it's up to high on the dirt berm. 

So a trip to Home Depot is on DH's agenda today - a very dangerous place to go - LOL. Then again, the Home Depot credit card is totally his own card, and he pays it, so I don't have issues. Have a wonderful and fabulous Friday and please, stay safe, be well, and wear your mask. I'll be back tomorrow.