OUT WITH THE OLD…….

This season will marks the first full year in our new shop. We started the process last summer with the demolition of the old building on Howard #3. After 15 years in the old wooden quonset, which was constructed in the 1940′s, the time finally came tear down the old and put up the new! We hated to see our old friend meet such an inglorious end, but we had long ago outgrown our space and needed more room to house our growing inventory, provide better security, and run our operation more efficiently.

The folks from American Excavating did the demolition of the old building, along with hauling in the gravel and grading. Fredrickson Lumber put up the building, interior walls and insulation. Schulz Electric was the electrical contractor, Welch Plumbing got us fixed up with water and plumbing, Erling Halvorsen did the heating, and Len Skluzacek and his crew were in charge of the concrete work.

IN WITH THE NEW!!

The front of the building is a future office space and display area. The larger back back part of the building is for equipment storage. We landscaped the front of the building with limestone outcroppings. and planted several varieties of perennials and grasses, along with a couple of birch trees and a dwarf flowering crabapple. We also constructed a clay paver entrance patio with 2 seat stones and some patterned flagstone leading up the clay pavers.