Garden order restored

It took all four of us, but we were able to lift and restore the garden shed to a standing position. Ironically, the interior didn’t look that much messier than it was before it was tipped over! While working on it, Steve partially rebuilt one of the doors that had taken a bit of a beating (not from the storm.) We will give the shed some additional love in the spring, with a new coat of protective stain and some new organization inside.

After the storm we couldn’t figure out how the one 4” round fence post that had been 3 posts down from where the shed tipped over sheared off. It was a pretty dramatic break just a little above the ground. There was nothing near it that could have knocked it down. Once we got the shed upright, we realized what had happened. When the shed fell, the fencing material was torn away from the fence posts behind it (just a few staples holding it on.) The reason the post 3 away from the action was damaged was because that was an END of the netting material. The end was wrapped a few inches around the post and stapled on its inner side, versus the other fence posts just had netting stapled on their outer sides. The staples on the outer sides just pulled out, but that netting is so strong it actually snapped the post that had the netting edge stapled on it rather than break the plastic or pull out the staples. I wasn’t sure about that netting material the day we put it up, but it has been absolutely terrific to work with. And it is now proven to be extremely strong! Luckily I remembered we had an extra 4” round fence post in the shop, so we were able to pop the broken post out and slip a new one in. The whole thing took less than a half hour (most of that spent getting the air compressor fully charged up.)

Steve and I also wrangled the four cattle panel trellises that had flown off and put them back in their places lodged between the raised beds. So now we can forget about the garden again for a little while again.

My oddly green Christmas garden!