Shed Replacement, Phase 2: Demolition

Reluctant to start, but the shed is empty now, so demolition is waiting on me and nothing else.  There is almost nothing salvageable - just the window stay.  We got the about half the wood bagged up for the tip, and the rest collapsed down.  

Going...

Going...

Not quite gone.

Trying the doorframe for size is into the middle lawn:

Shed Replacement, Phase 1: Emptying

We empires the shed of all it's contents, then redistributed:

Bikes from outhouse bike shed to outshouse back store

Shelves, garden games, deckchairs and large tools to (ex)bike shed

Hand tools to outhouse 'potting shed'

Furniture to kitchen and sun room

The rest to the bin.

'Get some fresh air,' I said,

Get some sunlight, some vitamin D...

Onions

The onions came out of damp, claggy, ground. I should have waited for a day. The next day was dry, and harvesting would have been easier.  The onions were very variable in size, with the largest being at the centre of the patch.  Why?  I can only speculate.  I thought I had watered evenly.  Compost dug in last year? I don't think it was so uneven.  Anyway here's a couple of pictures. I have to leave them to cure for two weeks before plaiting them into a string or two.

...and cleaned up:

Blackcurrant Wine-to-be

I started a brew two weeks ago.  The blackcurrants were frozen, which my recipe says is good because it helps to release the juice.  I'm a little skeptical of this claim l, though. The berries freeze into little bullets and are still quite firm on defrosting.  I thought pouring boiling sugar-water on them would be enough to defrost and break them up a little, but getting the juice mashed out wasn't to easy.  I'll defrost them properly another time.  When I racked the 'must' into a demijohn the colour was good, and the flavour very fruity, with some body.  Recipe says to leave it alone for 4-6 months, with a similar period in the bottle.  Not sure I will be able to wait that long!

Beans, I Said There Would Be Beans

Planted late, after the first efforts failed due to my over-watering, thewe little chaps have produced some beans!  The plants are small, so I wonder how big they would have been if they first plant had got going.  Picked the first few beans to freeze, along with some from their much taller cousins.  

The taller beans have topped out on the beanpole version of St. Paul's Cathedral, at least, but are thin and spindly. 

Another victim of late planting and the peculiar weather this year: baking hot spring and soggy summer.

Still, beans!