I drove up to Scappoose today to pick up the sink for the food cart. It was made by Custom Metal Fab, and they had a pretty cool looking shop.
If my calculations are correct there will be 2 inches between the fridge and the sink. That’s all the spare room I have.
Kate heard the bees again. I was preparing dinner and she called me outside to witness another swarm. It was so exciting, they were flying in a dense cluster just above my empty hive box. We watched awstruck for an hour while they slowly congregated on the outside, forming a sort of beard on the front of the box. I’m pretty sure they’re here to stay.
That night, while we were eating dinner I looked out in the front yard and saw for the second time a sort of yellow jelly growing on the tree stump. Chris jumped down to investigate. He asked what it was and I informed him it must be a species of wild mayonaise.
Work progresses slowly as other things keep cropping up. I’ve been organizing food carts for the Multnomah County Bike Fair, an endeveaor which seems to take more and more work, as I keep getting last minute requests. Today I called up some hot dog carts and took Max to the vet. In between these tasks I managed to bolt on the septic tanks. I have over 200 gallons of capacity.
Also, Chris has been working on some beautiful windows for the cart. They’re traditional mortise and tenon paned glass windows.
I’ve so far built the 4 stud walls. The plan is to have everything in place to erect the structure on June 16th. Hopefully by the 20th I would then have the roof finished and the siding on. But first I need to have everything in place. This would entail having the septic tanks installed on the undercarriage, roof timbers cut, siding picked out, cedar shake and felt purchased, nail gun borrowed. Today me and Chris went to Aurora Mills, a place recommended by my contractor neighbor. It was amazing. We were looking for board and batten and boy did they have a lot to choose from. Me and Chris had a good time coming up with an aesthetic scheme. Here’s our first pick:
The red board with thin strips of batten. Unfortunately there was not enough of the thin batten. So our second match was this:
This is what we ended up getting. There was just enough of the turquoise batten, and plenty of these boards. It’s not visible in the photo, but the wood grain was worn away and created a beautiful furrowed texture. The shop had the source of the wood on file. The turquoise wood was from Koch farm in Tualatin, a long running farm growing a variety of fruit and also milk. They were bought out a year ago, the farm was razed and transformed into an industrial park. The board was from a barn in Scappoose destroyed by a snow storm. I think there are no happy stories in the salvaged lumber yards…
While we were poking around the gigantic lumber yard we found some wooden gutters in 21 foot long runs. I picked out two to use on the cart. These have a happy story, I suppose. They were manufactured 10 years ago and never used. Now they will begin to live their life and realize their true calling!
