Joe Gag

Hi, I am going to try and explain this the best I can, I have bracing questions on a shed I am building.

I have an out door pen, it is 20 ft long by 12 ft wide and 8 ft high.
It is built with 6x6 in corners and in the center of the 20 ft runs. I then have a 2x8 all around the bottom top and the middle, this had Weld wire in it for birds.

I now want to enclose it, so I put 4x4 on the bottom and I attached 2 and 9/16th inch thick by 6inch rough cut barn board flooring and I ran them the 12 foot width across.

I I am raising the one 2o ft long end up another two ft with a 2 ft fall I built to get the pitch for the metal roof. I cut in and attached rafters 16 on center for this and I put down 12 x 1 rough cut lumber down as perlins going all the way across every two ft.
The one 12 ft end Id like to open up and make 2 4 ft wide doors.
Outside of the building will be rough cut board and batton.

Any ideas on how I should brace this building, I normally would brace it diagonal on the ends but Id like to open the end up. Its a storage shed but obviously I want it safe

Building is not in concrete as I never planned to do this when i build the run. It is going to be attached to a 10X12 Shed on the one end which I over built and that thing is not moving, 2x6 framed 16 oc walls 5/8th plywood on the outside with board and batton over it, 1/2 plywood on the inside, 2x8 floors with plywood roof same as walls.

I know Pictures would be helpful I just dont have any handy. Thank you

The stain is some old stuff my Grand father had, I think it was by Cabott's, I am unsure of the color since the label was all messed up. He had it on a building and liked how it looked.

Here are some Pic's after the stain.

I know if I shut the water filter/water fall off it gets stagnate fairly quickly.

Hi, I have about 2 acres of lawn, Over the last few years I have had to dig up certain areas, for different projects, After re planting the lawn in those spots I seem to have a lot of Crab Grass and Nut Grass, The are some big patches where the crab grass is thick. I am getting annoyed with it since it grows so much faster then the normal grass. What are my options?

Here are some newer Pic's the Project is mostly done, I have some Fine tuning to do here and there and of course build Cabinets and what not, I still have to finish off the upstairs, it is usable now and has OSB up on the walls, but I would like to some type of wood over it, have a few ideas.

Have not had a chance to do anything yet, it has been raining.

I keep DE on hand here, I'll give it a try.

I am unsure if there are Fire Ants in NY, I have Guineas and chickens but they don't seem to spend much time there. Guess I could build a Temp Pen to keep them just in that area.

Does the boiling water kill them? I am just not sure how I would get enough down all of the little holes.