Ken Barston

 A diagonal subfloor will help stiffen the floor just as plywood has differentiated layers. If both the subfloor and the finish floor were oriented identically then there would be more chance of buckling and less weight bearing ability. The different direction of the grain adds stability.
 In a wall the diagonal will solve racking problems if each half of the wall is oriented 90 degrees from the other half. If all of the boards are oriented the same across the complete wall it will greatly aggravate the problem.

   I am quite smitten with the Cajun style of sustenance. My personal style is I’m cooking for grandma too. The earthy style with the AIEEEE applied at the table works well in our house.
   My wife and I fell in love with habaneros years ago and it has become our number one source of warmth as well as flavor. We also use a variety of chili’s both fresh and dried to pump up anything from Jelly to chile. While we wouldn’t win a pepper eating contest we cook daily with the help of capsicum.

1x 4,5,6 or whatever size is cheap. Diagonal is a must. If you can acquire white oak it would go a long way toward making it a forever structure. White oak is second only to cypress for rot proof.

I use 55 gallon plastic drums. I cut the top off by placing the wide edge of my saw shoe against the top lip. I then flip the saw around and use the narrow side to trim the top again which will let it fit into the barrel. works great but they are not weather proof. Each barrel will hold about 600# of ground grain.