6/29/19
(Above: The now fully plywood’ed and shelved Closet-Wall.)
Building Summary: Today I finished plywood’ing the Closet-Wall*. This included the measuring, marking, cutting and fastening of: 2×4 and 2×3 brace-boards, small plywood face-pieces for the bottom of the bottom shelf and the top of the top shelf (to square it all up), lengthy strips to go above the large pieces I installed yesterday, and a minute piece of plywood for the bottom of the northeast side. By way of additional activities, I had to fix shelf #3 by unfastening it’s north furring strip and then re-leveling it.
Commentary: I did not expect the pre-finishing of the Closet-wall to take all morning, but it very nearly did. I completed installation of all the bracing and plywood at 11:57 AM, and that was really pushing it. Fortunately, I had an after-Jacobhouse activity planned that prompted me to expedite my actions, and that activity is consequently today’s highlight aside from the fact that the closet-wall is now ready for paneling.
After working on the container home all morning, I usually just go home and eat lunch, but today was different. I took a short ride down to the Harbison Farmer’s Market, for I had heard from a recent Master Blend customer that there was a ‘little market‘ in the woods east of the railroad tracks (on CR 329) and that there was seafood being sold at that market. Being quite enthusiastic when it comes to eating fish and shellfish, I really wanted to check it out. So, today I did.
The market was not large, but it exhibited superb variety… and that’s despite my arriving after the morning crowd and there not being quite the selection that there could have been. Of course, I’m obliged to list some of the stand out items I did find. At the J&J fish stand, there was smoked Mahi-Grouper fish dip (of which one of the J’s* gave me a delicious sample), smoked salmon (also gave me a sample of this… somehow even better than the fish dip), fresh caught shrimp of gargantuan proportion, fresh scallops (both New England and Floridian), Red Snapper, grouper (sold out), and Atlantic salmon.
Next, in the produce area, there were cabbage, tomatoes, shallots, garlic, more tomatoes, water melon, cantaloupe, potatoes (of many types), onions (also of many types), fresh ginger root, other root vegetables that I think may have been turnips, even more tomatoes, packages of ready-to-cook stirfry, home-made beef jerky, and much much more. To say the least, I enjoyed myself quite a lot on that short excursion. The people were great**, the food was fresh and of high quality, and now that I know what exactly is going on at that little backwoods farmer’s market, I will be going again next week.
A source of high quality, locally sourced food found beneath the shade of lofty oaken boughs.
Final Note: Tomorrow I will neaten up Jacobhouse, gather all the needed supplies for cutting / fastening Galvalume paneling, and begin making measurements/plans for that paneling.
*Still need to find a piece of plywood for the slide-out wardrobe’s face plate, but that will not be until after the wheel is installed, and the wheel will likely not be installed until after the flooring is in (that way I know the appropriate height to attach it). Also, I will need doors for the top and bottom office cupboards.
**Unfortunately, I failed to hear whether it was Jim or John at the counter. I was probably distracted by the magnificence of their wares.
*** I hadn’t seen many of them in years, but somehow they knew who I was at first sight.