The Shed Project:
Mission Accomplished!

by Don BurkPosted onPropagation
new shed. D. Burk.
New Shasta Chapter CNPS propagation shed ready for service on the Shasta College campus.
Photo taken November 24, 2025, by Don Burk.

Yahoo!  We have a new plant propagation shed!  After years of griping about the shed’s small size and deteriorating condition, we finally have a replacement!  The Shed Project began life during last year’s Giving Tuesday event, when we announced that proceeds would be used to help offset the cost of a new shed.  Shasta Chapter member Jerry Snodgrass asked why we would spend $3,500 or more to purchase a shed when he could build one for free. 

Our original propagation shed at Shasta Community College Farm had really given all by the time it was replaced. The removal of a back panel had allowed water to nearly ruin some of its contents.
It had provided decades of service before it became too small for our endeavors, and literally deteriorated beyond repair. This photo was taken last year at this time.

Susan Gallaugher then drew up plans for a 6’ x 8’ shed, and Jerry got to work.  Due to Shasta College restrictions, we were not allowed to build the new shed on the campus, so Jerry assembled and pre-cut the materials at his home in Chico, then shuttled the pieces up to Cottonwood for construction in the Burks’ driveway.  After several work days in the summer sun—and delays due to births and deaths and everything in between—the shed was ready to be moved.  For that task, we hired a commercial hauler who scooped up the shed and delivered it to its new home at Shasta College in less than two hours. 

Shed ready to rumble. D. Burk.
On November 24, 2025, the new shed was whisked away from the Burks’ driveway in Cottonwood to its new home at the Shasta College Farm. Photo by Don Burk.

Many, many thanks to Jerry for donating all the shed materials, volunteering his time for shed construction, driving from Chico to Cottonwood on multiple occasions, and for supervising his one highly unskilled laborer! ~Don Burk, Laborer

Here’s a very quick overview of the process, in case you are interested. This slideshow makes it look like it was a cinch. It was not. (We have left out the swearing so as not to offend your sensibilities.) All photos by the Burks. Enjoy!