Well finally, after many months I built the final door to close in the barn. Our barn is a great little barn, it has multiple stalls which allows us plenty of room for animals, storage and we even have a feed-room. There are 3 door openings that exit out the side of the barn from […]
There He Goes Again
Check another project off of the list for Michael. We have a laundry room in our new home. I love it. I didn’t have one in our last home. But there wasn’t any place to store stuff in the laundry room. So, for nearly six months this is what it looked like. […]
My Handy Hubby
Michael has been hard at work checking projects off of his list. He is quite the renaissance man. First it was plumbing….. Now it is electrical. One of the things we thought would be good to have is a light on the barn that is triggered by motion. If any critters (coyotes mainly) were to sneak […]
Creating Dry Lots for the Goats
The goats live in the barn. Both the girl’s stall and the boy’s stall have doors to outside pens. It allows them to go out and get some sunshine and have a little room to move around. Now that the rain is here we decided to “dry lot” those outside pens. What that means is […]
Animals, Shop, Garden and a Little Fun
I thought you might enjoy some pictures of the animals. The chicks sure have grown a lot. The Barred Rock chickens are very sociable. Our chicken coop has a door that leads out to an enclosed pen. I think that the Ameraucana chicken’s head looks like […]
Water Logging
One of the projects Michael wanted to get done this weekend was pulling old logs out of the creek. The water is really low and it seemed a good time to do it. We will leave some logs for the fish but it has too many in it and they must be pulled out. Here […]
The New Building (aka Man Cave)
This is Michael, making my first official post. Before we even moved to a new house, one of the “must-haves” on our list was a shop. This would be a place to store camping gear, work on our cars, build things, oh and of course retreat to some peace and quiet on this farm that […]
Being Productive
We love all the work that we do here on the farm. Even the boys. They frequently mention how glad they are that we moved here. They even like the work. They think it’s fun. They helped their dad build a compost bin. It will be so nice to have compost for the garden. Nicholas […]
Michael and Toilets
That title really got your interest. Michael had a wonderful birthday fixing a leaking toilet. At first he just replaced the rubber ring. Alas, it leaked yet again. His brilliant mind deduced that the toilet had probably leaked in the past and that the wood underneath was warped not allowing for a good seal. As […]
It Was a Busy June
Wow how life can change in a month. For us it was all for the good. Here are some highlights…. Chores. A lot of chores. There was a ton of painting. Thankfully most of it was done by our wonderful helpers. Gotta love people who help. People who help with painting should get a special […]
Sunday on the Farm
The day of work rest. OK, it was a day of WORK. Here is how we spent our day. Michael finished painting the boys rooms. A nice blue accent wall in Nicholas’ room. A delightful orange accent wall in Joshua’s room. Joshua and I headed outside to do some weeding. He will be helping me […]
Walls and Stuff on Walls
Our home had wallpaper. I like wallpaper. If I pick it out. Otherwise it must go. There are two good things abut this wallpaper: 1) It was only on four walls. 2) My dad and his friend Bill said they would remove it for us. First you have to remove the top layer and then […]