When Ed and Josh started the demo on the greenhouse " bench" they discovered about ten 50 gallon drums filled with water buried into the soil on the greenhouse floor. We are not sure what the previous owners were doing with that.... solar power, a watering system?  Who knows? But how to get them out?

Our neighbor, who does demolition by trade, offered to barter with Ed.  He wants to build a garage and Ed offered to write up the site plan for him to use.  In return, he would remove the drums and take them away (he gets money for scrap metal).

But, to do this job, the frame almost entirely had to be removed. So... here is the photo diary of the event!

Below: you can see the drums half buried in the soil.





Our neighbor, Vic, and the backhoe he used.  Total professional.





Removing the drums left large gaping holes that were now filled with mud and water.



We destroyed the brick fireplace which was about to cave in anyway, and that along with assorted other bricks and rubble filled the holes pretty well.





Ed spent this morning re-framing the structure.




We are going to buy a few large bags of topsoil to finish up the holes.  Then really we will be ready to start thinking about paving stones for the floor!

By the way, we went to Gasko's on Friday and this is about the largest, well known and cheapest nursery in this area.  We fought the crowds but got some good deals. Here is a shot of the nursery as we walked it. They literally have acres upon acres of greenhouses.  We got a bunch of really unusual and nice plants and spend some time putting them all in.

Hiya Penny! I continue to be amazed and impressed at how wonderful everything looks. Can you tell me where Gasko's is? See ya soon@:)

Thanks Mary Anne, we are working very hard! Gasko's is located in Monroe Township, on Federal Road, right on the border of Englishtown. It is well worth the trip--they have literally huge greenhouses and are very cheap.