Onions and Carrots…

I've begun to realise just how lucky I've been in inheriting a shed with my plot. Having spent a couple of fruitless days hunting for wood for another project I can now see that having the shed has saved me from a lot of pain.

I could have been faced with months of scrounging enough bits of scrap wood to get to a stage when I'd have enough to build a shed or I could've been faced with a large outlay for a shed - even a second hand one.

Though the quality of the shed is low I'm glad I've got one and I'm putting it to good use. I've managed to fix it up with a new solid base and I've managed to get a new window - I was lucky enough to also inherit a number of old window frames with the plot.

So I'm putting it to good use. I've already got a few useful bits and bobs stashed away and I've started to store all of my potatoes. Once my onions and garlic have dried they'll also go in.

I had to make a further modification to the shed as a result of the positioning of the window in relation to the river. Having positioned the end with the door I realised that the window was now visible to the river. I noted that this could be tempting to passing hooligans and as there were a number of old window frames lying around the plot I decided that I could remove a number of planks and swap the window to the other side. I've completed this work but I'm left with the problem, which I'm sure everyone with this type of shed is faced with. The end with the door in it is hopelessly weak and leans and needs to be propped up to get the door into the hole.