Archive for October, 2007
October 3, 2007 – Sorry State of South Side of Hog Barn
Here’s what the current state is of the south side of the old hog barn. We’ve been fixing up buildings one at a time and it is now time to do this side of the old hog barn. We roofed and painted the north side two years ago, and it looks sharp (and dry). But you can see this side needs some work. Hopefully this will be a great “before” shot to compare to the finished product.
The good part about projects like this one is that it’s easy and rewarding to make huge improvements even if things aren’t exactly perfect. Just having a roof and windows will be a huge improvement. Every time I drive home in the daylight, I can see this side of the building from the road and it bothers me. But from the driveway you see the good side and forget about it.
October 2, 2007 – Chelsea the Mini Horse in Permanent Home
This week the kids (even Martin) worked hard getting the rest of the corn cobs out of the horse stall. It became a bit more imperative as I want to start working on the hog barn soon and can’t when she was in there for temporary lodging. So I whipped up this gate to fit the odd size of the stall.
We thought it was a nice big space,but she promply ripped the gate hinge out of the wood. So, a sturdier design and she seems to have calmed down and is starting to make it home.
October 1, 2007 – “Don Juan” Arrives
Yesterday “Don Juan” the very young nubian buck came to stay a spell at high hopes. He and the two does introduced each other properly by promptly sniffing each other’s behinds.
So, many happy sniffings to all the goats out there needing to get lucky this fall!
one year ago…
