After two years, we wised up and ordered our supplies from Tedford, the True Value in town. They deliver in town for free and saved us a lot of time (and backache) by dropping off our supplies the day before on a pallet.
Ryan started early on day one pulling back enough shingles along the main portion of the house so that he could properly replace the flashing. Since there was only one layer on the roof, he then just ran the ice and water/roofing felt and new shingles right over the old ones. Instead of replacing the shingles with more three-tab shingles, Ryan sprung the extra $6/square for the architectural style shingles that match what we have on the main house roof. It makes a big difference.
Mom and Dad came on day one. I was off doing some wedding errands, so missed some of the fun, but when I came back Dad and Ryan were in full swing and the (not-so) Phantom Gardener was hard at work.
At day’s end, I had some new plantings and we had half a roof complete. I was left with orders to keep the delicate plantings in the barn until the frost warnings had passed (!) and Ryan was feeling a whole lot better about life.
On day two, Rick and Denise came to lend a hand. Denise and I spent the day working on (surprise, surprise) wedding projects. Rick and Ryan got to it and finished off the job.
Michael T also “helped”.
Our ugly side of the house is starting to look a lot less ugly.
Before...
And "After"...
We’ve been mulling over some (inexpensive) low planting options to start really pulling it together.
We might be days away from getting married and 30 years old, but gosh it feels good and is very appreciated when your dads come in with a much-needed assist.
Ryan had been concerned about weather, so took a three-day weekend. That meant we had Sunday to do some exploring in our own backyard. We bopped around Magnolia, Mike’s new ‘hood (a borough of Gloucester, but don’t tell anyone who lives there that) and then went treasure hunting in Dogtown. Here’s two of my favorites on one of the “inspirational” boulders of Dogtown.
You can read more about that (and a whole lot of other interesting stuff) here.
