Sheathing this side of the main roof was easy because I had the low-slope shed roof to work from, and the sheathing was up there and ready to go. The other side, which is this weekend's project, will be tougher. I hope to get it done before Hurricane Irene blows into Connecticut.

One of the problems with protracted projects is materials have a chance to get wet and blow away. Case in point: my 30# felt, which was secured with conventional staples blew up in a thunderstorm. Fortunately, the fix was easy because my coworker, Justin Fink had this cool cap stapler in his office. It works well. The best part: it's ready to go with no setup. 

If we didn't have enough going on around the house, my wife is also building a garden. We're trying to use up some top soil left over from prepping the barn site. When combined with some compost, the sandy soil should be great for home-grown veggies. The neighbors keep asking, "What are you guys doing now?"

Last night I spent about two hours building a scaffold to put up the first row of sheathing. It doesn't go the full width of the barn because there's already a couple sheets in place toward the back of the barn. I plan to use our Tracker to stage the OSB sheets before hauling them onto the roof.

It's going to be  while before I'm ready for siding, but I already have most of the stock. My coworker Dan Morrison arranged to have a huge white pine tree being cut from his nieghbor's property sawn and kiln dried. Look at the width of this board!