Chapter 13 - Hammer Time

Today was the day to build wind barriers for the garden. At about 6:45 PM, Yph and Erica came over from across the freeway so they could help me. Yph brought his saw, which we didn't end up using. We could have used the drill/screwdriver, but we didn't have that, so we did things the old fashioned way with a hammer and nails.

To sum the experience up, I am not good at hammering. Luckily Yph was there to do most of it. I ended up successfully hammering one nail, and Yph did the other 8. The one nail I hammered into the plywood took me about 10 minutes....the wind was blowing, the nail kept slipping or flying off, and I hammered my fingers one or two times. But I was determined to at least do one nail myself, which I did! The nails were really thick and the plywood is pretty tough....I feel confident the wind won't break it though, since I couldn't even get a nail in!

By the time we finished, it was cold and windy and we were all happy to NOT be on the cold roof anymore. As can be seen, the arrangement on the roof is different now, but I think that by pairing the drawers I will help them all stay protected from the wind. It would be nice if someone could paint stuff on the plywood - maybe I'll hire one of my painter friends to do that for me.

Here are some pictures from today's work.



Yph with the hammer.


Erica on the roof.


Yph attaches the plywood wind barrier.


David attempts to hammer.


David behind the wind barrier.


David continues his attempts to hammer.


Erica tries hammering.


The finished wind barrier.


Victory!


Victory Jump! This picture really just sums it up...

Thanks again to Yph and Erica for all the help!