Can It!

This winter has been a doozy. We've had to step back and assess winter weather damage, and move the garden away from the creek. Ed had a nasty and lingering head cold, and was finishing plumbing in bitter temperatures. Spring will be a welcome sight this year!

We now have the garden completely moved up near the house and have the fence installed. We cut a chicken-door through the fence from the original hen yard. The girls have discovered how to go through with no problem and are busy destroying the grass in the new area. I did have to enclose the blueberry bushes so they wouldn't dig around those, since they have very shallow roots. I figure they'll have it all gone in about 8 weeks, just in time to re-enclose my little feathered rototillers in their summer pen and plant spring vegetables in the new garden. They can stay in the summer condo until the growing season is over, then tour the garden in the winter and clean up for the next spring.

In spite of being pulled off for this project and that chore, Ed has finally finished the water supply lines! He pressure tested it on Tuesday without a hitch. Unfortunately the sleet we had on Tuesday prevented him from getting up on the roof to fill ...whatever it is he fills... with water for the final test.

He spent the rest of Tuesday installing can lights in the ceiling. Here's a little building hint for non-builders like myself. I was the one going to the store to buy can lights. They had some in kits, but not enough kits to do all our lights, so for the rest of them, I just bought all the various components, making sure they all matched. Ed installed the component lights first. Parts were missing, bent..whatever. The ones in the kits, which is what he did this weekend, were much easier. They were all the same, all the stuff was there. So my rule for building the house will be..... buy the kits, the price works out to the same, and if they don't have enough kits, order them and wait. It's worth it in irritation factor. Who knew?

Once he gets the water test done and the rest of the electrical in, we can call for an inspection and start..drumroll please... insulation and sheetrock!