tigerpaws said: Jim, go easy. Have you thought of acquiring a snowblower? It makes removing all that heavy slushy stuff so much easier than using your knees and back. We don't want to hear of you dropping dead in your driveway, we want you to enjoy that beautiful greenhouse you constructed for many many years to come. 
I do have a snowblower, but when the snow is heavy and wet, it just peels the gravel up from the driveway, parking area, and extension to our warehouse. That means you start throwing a lot of 3/4" gravel around, and they are just big enough to get under the augers and snap the sheer pins. If all this surface was asphalt or concrete, it would be a whole different story, but I am not prepared to pay 10's of thousands for "smooth".
It is a constant struggle not to blow out any windows on our car or two work vans, or our house and warehouse windows. So, a shoveling we will go.
BTW: I will not hire a plow as it would be at least $200+ every time they came. I think that is outrageous for 20 minutes of work.
